The Unspoken

Compromise means we both have to move

Sometimes a picture can render something inarguable. This is a picture of compromise.

Compromise means that we meet each other in a place that neither of us is familiar with – or comfortable in. In order to meet in this place, we both have to do some hard work.

If I start building a bridge but you don’t, my efforts will either collapse into the abyss or I will arrive at your territory but you will not have changed or learned anything.

The only way this is going to work is if we are both courageous enough to start out into the unknown at the same time.

If we do then the bridge we build will be strong and will serve to connect our worlds for a long time.

If we don’t, neither of us will experience the true value of compromise.

(As part of an emotionally-controlled diet)

When I see this picture, I see the shadow of the family starving from lack of connection and love as the business man hides himself behind the screen of rationality, profit and performance.

For me, the figures at the table are children robbed of the time we give to business; our dream of power control, profit – and some kind of future where everything will be better.

The Power Breakfast is a picture of absence – of someone trading presence in the moment for chasing the future.