A quieter part of the pond
A refuge from fear, certainty and unnecessary seriousness.
Here, the ducks are trying to understand people and one another. They notice that beings can look different, dress differently and make different sounds while often trying to communicate similar needs: belonging, safety, meaning, care, family, peace and room to exist.
The Monastery does not ask every duck to make the same sound. It asks everyone to listen for the meaning as well as the noise.
Inside this story-world, ducks communicate relatively through more than a single quack:
They listen to duck music about humans because they are curious about why humans can sound so different while repeatedly doing many of the same things.
Quiet is useful when it helps us hear. Silence can become deafening when nobody brings what they learned back to the pond.
Music from the pond
Only the child-safe Mini Knots belong in the Monastery. The adult-language Big Knots are deliberately not embedded here because they can upset and confuse the little ducks.
If the compact player does not appear in your browser, open the Mini Knots public archive.
Different paths do not have to become competing ownership claims over the pond. The ducks can keep their traditions and still share water, biscuits, questions and care.
We do not need to be the same to be together.
The conversation began with an eleven-and-eleven idea, but other ducks appeared carrying related messages in their own way. That is allowed.
Some ducks may already be here. Some may arrive later. Some may not have heard the quacks yet. The Monastery leaves room around the circle because ducks are always welcome.