yes to whoever... north. we're all spiders and helpers. then, i haven't worked out the details, but i'd guess: starts... east, happens... south, over... in the west. m
-- Michael Herman Michael Herman Associates 312-280-7838 (mobile) http://MichaelHerman.com http://ManorNeighbors.com http://OpenSpaceWorld.org On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Harrison Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Actually, I think the Medicine Wheel idea works out rather well, but you > might have to change the order of The Principles. And truth to tell, if you > did that you would have the order I gave them in The User’s Guide. But I > guess any order would do J > > > > “Whoever comes…” North -- Leadership (we are all leaders) > > “Whatever Happens…” East – Vision (Vision just shows up not as an > intellectual activity. It’s what we do.) > > “Whenever it starts…” South – Community (Real community creates its own > time. The clock is incidental) > > “When it’s over…” West – Management (As in the end thereof – No need for > it. Real “Sunset Law”) > > > > Well I guess it sort of works. But when you get to the iconography I’m not > so sure. If you go to Page 153 of the User’s Guide (3rd Edition), you will > find my version of The Medicine Wheel in Open Space. > > > > Harrison > > > > PS Angie Arrien and I played around with something like this many years > ago, but I don’t remember how it went exactly. > > > > Harrison Owen > > 7808 River Falls Dr. > > Potomac, MD 20854 > > USA > > Phone 301-365-2093 > > www.openspaceworld.com > > www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST > Go to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Harold Shinsato > *Sent:* Sunday, April 17, 2011 12:43 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [OSList] Visual Icons for the 4 Principles & 1 Law > > > > The conspirators for the Open Space Technology facilitated Missoula BarCamp > put the 4 principles on the event t-shirt last year, and since this year > we're holding it in a beautiful new building, the Native American Center on > the Missoula campus of the University of Montana, the t-shirt idea the > passionate/responsible person is pursuing is to use an aboriginal style > iconography for the 4 principles and one law. (Maybe think cave drawings.) > > I know the visual icon for the one law is two feet. That's easy enough and > perhaps that could be in the center of this t-shirt design. But what of the > 4 principles? Any ideas? > > Whoever comes is the right people > Whenever it starts is the right time > Whatever happens is the only thing that could have > When it's over it's over > > This might be a stretch - but what do people think about correspondences to > the 4 directions of the Native American medicine wheel? The directions of > sunrise and sunset clearly seem to correspond to start time and end time. I > wonder if whoever comes could be north and whatever happens could be south? > > A quick google search turned up this image which summarizes the aspects of > the medicine wheel (direction, element, color, principles): > > http://www.nald.ca/library/learning/chikiken/pic63.gif > > North -> Air, Animals, White, Receives Energy, Mental Aspect, Wisdom and > Logic (Whoever Comes?) > East -> Fire, Sun, Yellow, Determines Energy, Spiritual Aspect, > Illumination and Enlightening (Whenever it starts?) > South -> Water, Plants, Red, Gives Energy, Emotional Aspect, Trust and > Innocence (Whatever Happens?) > West -> Earth, Black, Holds Energy, Physical Aspect, Introspection and > Insight (When its over?) > > Even the ordering seems to fit! > > Very curious as to folks thoughts - especially as to how the convey the > principles through simple icons. > > -- > Harold Shinsato > [email protected] > http://shinsato.com > twitter: @hajush <http://twitter.com/hajush> > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > [email protected] > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > >
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