I have a new project on my plate – I need to pull together a large-scale plan for a complex multi-system system. This complex plan needs to serve as both a high-level overview of capacity as well as a roadmap for operations at several levels. I need both telescopic and microscopic context.

Today I was pacing the house trying to think through elements of planning and I stopped to watch a snail move across the front porch of the Yellow Castle. As I watched I contemplated the context of big/small, fast/slow, straight paths, consistent sustained effort and how beautiful something so slimy can be.