Work In Progress

Work in Progress began with a suggestion by Narani. 

During Covid, Alan had been reading books with many friends over the phone - a different book with each friend, a mix of ancient and modern works on a wide range of topics. In particular, Alan and Narani had gone very slowly over Michael Brown’s The Presence Process, which discusses the ways that traumas of the past prevent us from living in the moment.  Often they would read a paragraph or two and then discuss it at length: in giving rise to so many thoughts and feelings, the book increased their understanding of their own lives. They finished the book in about 10 months, took a month off and then went through it again over the next 10 months.

Narani then suggested going on air doing the same thing with another book, and they chose Bradshaw on the Family, the companion volume to a series that had aired in the 1980s on PBS. Soon Edmond joined, and for the past year they’ve been reading the book on air and speaking of anything that comes to mind as they’re reading.

An easy camaraderie quickly developed among the three, leading to a conversation that they experience as effortless, and the difference in their backgrounds permits them to see almost anything from a variety of perspectives.