A wonderful description Harrison. Here's to the questions and the space they open.
David -- David Osborne www.change-fusion.com | dosbo...@change-fusion.com | 703.939.1777 On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 6:59 PM, Harrison Owen <hho...@verizon.net> wrote: > David Osborne's statement and Chris's question precipitated something in my > head. Needless to say David can and should speak for himself. However from > my relatively isolated corner of the universe (Maine) I have noticed a few > interesting suggestions that something of a shift might be in the wind. > Whether it will be sufficient to save Homo sapiens from ossification, only > time will tell. > > One such suggestion in the increase of questioning. As a child of the 50's > (and yes there really were human beings walking the earth in that primal > time), my world was firmly described by answers. Everybody knew precisely > how life should be lived. There were rules to be followed, and if followed > success was assured. Of course there were deviants who were largely > marginalized and suppressed, but WE knew the Answers... the right way. > > And then a funny thing called the '60s blew all that certainty away. It was > at once terrifying, refreshing, and exhilarating. And one thing was for > sure: The primacy of answers gave way to an avalanche of questions. It is > in > the nature of questions to open space. Answers close it. > > With all the fresh air of openness, the forces of creativity soared to the > joy and terror of all involved. Space in all dimensions exploded, and the > tight societies of Philadelphia and New York, in which I grew up, shattered > to merge with insular rural communities, and make contact with strange > creatures on The Other Coast. Strange new world! > > The 70's and early 80's possessed a rich nutrient openness. New stories, > and > the answers they purported to provide, popped up like mushrooms. Some were > weird, some substantive, some technological and all of them creating as > many > new questions as the answers they supposedly offered. Thrilling! > > But as the 80's ended and the 90's arrived it seemed that the age of > answers > were settling more than a few of the questions. Author's could write > knowingly about "New Rules"... and while there was a breath of novelty it > seemed the rules (answers) were known. > > The 90's slid by with almost dream like certainty. At least that's how it > seemed to me. The Markets were up, America ruled. Some were even suggesting > that the Age of Aquarius had actually begun! I guess there were still some > questions, but none that we couldn't handle with the right Process or > Procedure. And if not today, then tomorrow. So ended the Millennium. > > The New Millennium rolled in as predicted. Surprise! But in a funny way it > seemed pretty anti-climactic. To be sure there were lots of parties, > fireworks, speeches, the usual turn of the Millennia Fantasies. But at the > end of the day it was pretty much more of the same... Until a bright clear > day in September. September 11th to be exact. Maybe this was just a turning > point for those of us in the USA. But I do believe, as I listen to my > friends and colleagues from around the world -- we were all there. > Doubtless > with different feelings and interpretations. But for better, for worse, for > richer, for poorer... it was a very different world! > > How different, we are only just beginning to understand. And for the first > time in some long time -- the Questions vastly outnumber the available > answers. This is a Turning Point. And a wonderful one, I do believe. When > we > as a species are compelled to sit in that really uncomfortable and juicy > moment created by truly profound questions, the Space is truly OPENED. I > think that is where we are at, and best of all I see lots of new faces > rising to the bait. Call them "Millennials" or whatever... but it is every > bit as exciting as the "60's" and we may or may not survive to tell the > tale. But that has always been true. > > Harrison > > > Harrison Owen > 7808 River Falls Dr. > Potomac, MD 20854 > USA > > 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) > Camden, Maine 04843 > > Phone 301-365-2093 > (summer) 207-763-3261 > > 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 > > -----Original Message----- > From: oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org > [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Chris Kloth > Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 8:15 PM > To: World wide Open Space Technology email list; David Osborne > Subject: Re: [OSList] Federal Reserve Employees Survey > > David, > > I wonder if you could share a little more about what is going on already. I > have had conversations with Fed officials in San Francisco and Cleveland > and, while they are doing some things I am very interested in and impressed > by, I have yet to see evidence of OST. > > -- > Shalom, > > Chris Kloth > ChangeWorks of the Heartland > 254 South Merkle Road > Bexley, OH 43209-1801 > ph 614-239-1336 > fax 614-237-2347 > www.got2change.com > > > Quoting David Osborne <dosbo...@change-fusion.com>: > > > Yes Brett. Being Done. > > > > Consider looking beyond the reporting....to the fact that space has > > been opened for this to be shared and talked about. What is in the > > news is not always the best reflection of what is actually happening. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > David Osborne > > > > > > > > www.change-fusion.com | dosbo...@change-fusion.com | 703.939.1777 On > > Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Brett Barndt <barndtbr...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > >> Can the OST community perhaps help here? It is a sad state of affairs > >> in which we all have a stake. Even citizens of the world have a stake > >> in this dysfunction owing to the interconnected nature of the global > >> economies, our livelihoods, and well-being. > >> > >> The appointees, and congress by association, should not be permitted > >> to let it go on this way any longer. People are dying out there with > >> higher poverty, food insecurity, mortality, and suicide rates as a > >> result of this situation. > >> > >> > >> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/28/federal-reserve-employees-su > >> rvey_n_3826165.html > >> > >> Discourse and dialogue are the last thing that should be stifled by > >> culture or any other dysfunction in an institution like this one. > >> > >> OST and an open process of multi-stakeholder engagement is of course > >> part of the solution. > >> > >> This seems like it should be well within our rights to insist upon at > >> this moment in time. We are stakeholders. Albeit. we are > >> non-consulted, unrepresented stakeholders in the current practice. > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> OSList mailing list > >> To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe > >> send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > >> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > >> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > >> > >> > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send > an > email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org >
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