https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/william-butler-yeatsYeats had first mentioned the value of masks in 1910 in a simple poem, "The Mask," where a woman reminds her lover that his interest in her depends on her guise and not on her hidden, inner self. Yeats gave eloquent expression to this idea of the mask in a group of essays, Per Amica Silentia Lunae (1918): "I think all happiness depends on the energy to assume the mask of some other life, on a re-birth as something not one's self." This notion can be found in a wide variety of Yeats's poems.
Events etc goes into music. Everything else goes into thought.
I tend to just throw stuff out and see what sticks.
I can't see why the sub forums would stop anyone from actively engaging in discussion or actually making an effort, from being thoughtful, intelligent, interesting etc. taking trouble with words and ideas. Seems irrelevant.
There's nothing wrong with that. We're trying to find what works. Rushing round trying to make Barty happy and fulfilled.
one thing that would make things better (even if it's only going to be a few of us actually involved in discussions) is to move away from binary debate formats. there seems to be a subconscious process in which threads are turned into a battle between 'yes' and 'no'. they'd be more fun things were more collaborative, building on each others ideas or coming at them from slightly different angles and reframing them.