I found it interesting that people on this course who are experienced practitioners all seemed to have really "hit a spot" when they read about tacit knowledge and expertise, "things we know but can't say" etc... I suppose it makes sense, because reading something that describes one's experience accurately which one never could quite put into words is very cathartic, and I have experienced that myself on other occasions. But not in this area, maybe because I lack that tacit knowledge, I don't have any knowledge that is "hidden" that I don't know of, maybe because I am a novice.
I feel a bit of a pang because I am clearly missing something, some eureka moment, but by the time I get to expert level (when is THAT going to be!) I would not experience the lightbulb going off because I am already armed with this knowledge, this theoretical knowledge so that when I gain that professional craft knowledge and tacit expert understanding, I can't quite be surprised by it. Unless I forget all that I have learned and read about in this course by the time I get there, which is a real possibility of course, seeing as it will be years away and I'm probably going to have other things forefront in my mind when I am in practice trying to "learn the craft" other than my tacit knowledge, or lack of. Hmm. One of those things we can only wait and see I guess. I wonder, like in those time travel stories, now that I know this, when I get there to the future, will this knowledge affect the way my tacit knowledge base is built over the next however many years?
Is any of this making sense? Is this rambling just a product of a sleepy afternoon? Am I having an existential moment or just caffeine/sleep deficiency??
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