Harrisson, You got it right :-). And indeed, that's what I believe we've experienced now : the spirit is awaiting for a safe and welcoming home. We created the form too quicly, within an old frame, assuming spirit will come. Everything was confused. That's why I don't believe any more that we just need to change the form. I'd like that we break this old non-workable form, greet it for what it has done, and see together where spirit leads us. What form will then emerge from spirit, we don't know..
Christine 2010/5/31 Harrison Owen <[email protected]> > Christine – my French is a little slow, but I think I have your question: > “la forme (structure juridique par exemple) est-elle importante quand il > s'agit d'Open Space ?” I believe the answer might be,” Yes, but it is always > secondary.” Which is to say as some architects do – Form follows function.” > In some other words, Structure is emergent from the flow and power of the > spirit of a place and people. Some of us have assumed that if you first > create the structure, the spirit will follow. But that has never been my > experience. The Spirit goes where it will and it will create its own > structure. When we attend to that structure and nurture it – the spirit > finds a comfortable home. To reverse the process is to confuse just about > everything. > > > > Harrison > > > > Harrison Owen > > 7808 River Falls Dr. > > Potomac, MD 20854 > > USA > > Phone 301-365-2093 > > www.openspaceworld.com > > www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) > * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
