This Process Explorations session offers a reflective account of a recent journey through several regions of China, undertaken in the wake of John B. Cobb Jr.’s passing. Rather than a travel report or a series of separate observations, this online session seeks to convey the journey as a lived and unfolding whole.
Meijun Fan, Zhihe Wang, Cliff Cobb, and Jay Jones will add their perspectives regarding what was offered and received at the various institutions and in transit. The value of these interactions extend far beyond the interactions themselves. They provide additional tesserae that help everyone involved get a better view of process thinking and its relation to world events. Jay for instance uses this enhanced knowledge in presentations related to various aspects of sustainability. Much of the enhanced perspectives came from direct observation in transit and during all phases of this collective endeavor.
Drawing on shared experiences with colleagues who participated in the journey in different ways and at different moments, we will weave together reflections on people, places, relationships, and emerging changes. The focus is on China not as a fixed picture, but as a dynamic process—shaped by memory, care, tension, creativity, and hope.