Doug: At OSonOS IX in Vancouver Laurel Doersam convened a session called "Space Invaders: Do they exist?" That conversation did much to shape my thinking on "space invaders" to the point where I hardly use the term nowadays.
For your edification, I post the summary of discussions from that session: Space Invaders: do they exist? Convener: Laurel Doersam Participants: Chris Corrigan, Mogens Rasmussen, Rick Nathorst, Gabriel Shirley, Viv Waters * Value judgment implicit in the label "Space Invader" * Could the SI be providing a valuable function by stirring up a little chaos? * Much of the discomfort of the SI situation may come from within the facilitator - maybe * the only real space invader comes from within * Stories about Space Invaders provided much lively conversation about what (if any) level of facilitator intervention is appropriate. * Chris suggested that the notion of SI's may be more tied to the givens of a particular event than to the OS or the facilitator * Rick suggested that there might be value in shifting our perception of the SI, that perhaps they could be in some ways "space illuminators" or "space enrichers" * The notion of a space invader robbing other participants of power was discussed - but what occurs to me as I type this is that the facilitator also can rob the participants of power by assuming they are helpless to deal with any invasion they may perceive on their own initiative - when the facilitator feels the need to "rescue", he/she robs participants of their power * The law of two feet gives all participants the power to deal with any situation that might arise - by NOT using this power/freedom to use their two feet, the participants allow the invasion to occur - the energy is not robbed from the participants, but freely given to the SI. * Sometimes the SI provides a "pattern interrupt" that allows everyone to re-evaluate their assumptions or allows folks to speak their truth clearly. --- CHRIS CORRIGAN Bowen Island, BC, Canada http://www.chriscorrigan.com [email protected] (604) 947-9236 > -----Original Message----- > From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Douglas > D. Germann, Sr. > Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 6:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Do we open space or... > > Julie-- > > I'm glad one of us knows what I was trying to say! You got it, Julie! > > For me the question gets beyond the issue of free will: If we believe we > have an effective SwiftlySwirling SlowlySprialing Source (I love that > phrase! Is it yours, Julie?) then the gift is not just always offered, but > is actually delivered. > > So for instance, if a person is a Space Invader or just chooses not to > play > with the others in OST, that person still receives the gift of OST. Have > you see this? Am I on the right path? > > So where does this inquiry lead us? We won't know till we see what > questions the answers raise.... > > Thanks for taking this deeper, Julie! > > :-Doug. Germann > > PS: But my computer doesn't like that SSSSS word--three times the spell > check has locked my computer up over it! (Hence the spaces.) Powerful > word, > Julie! > > :-Doug. > > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected], > Visit: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
