**Pattern Name:**
Campfire Conversations
**Introduction:**
There is a slowness and a sense of connection that often occurs when gathered around a campfire. Bigger than a cooking fire and smaller than a bonfire.
**Illustration:**
A campfire image
**CONTEXT:**
Perhaps the most important conversational style or type is the campfire conversation that is unhurried, friendly, reflective, relational, and not overly outcome focused. It has some of the nature of Bohmian dialogue.
**PROBLEM:**
**We often talk too fast, and often don't stay long enough to hear each other--from the heart.**
**Forces:**
Hurry Disinterest Anxiety
**THEREFORE (SOLUTION):**
**Consciously create conversational spaces and situations that mimic the best campfire experiences.**
**Actions:**
**Consequences:**
**Known Uses:**
Bohmian dialogue Indigenous cultures
**RELATED PATTERNS:**
See Campfire Conversation for a few more perspectives.