Thats an interesting thought, Ms. Shu-Fang Reinhard recommends trying out the idea of holding space by wandering among the participants and drawing images (I love the way you say following the honey. Shu-Fang wrote: < OST allows participants to explore the space with their own eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and body, heart and soul. I am not quite sure its a good idea to do the visual record as a facilitator.> In Open Space (specifically) I do not write participants discussion notes for them and as much as I love and have used graphic facilitation for other circumstances, in Open Space I would not draw graphics and images for participants, either. Rather, I would (when budget allows) provide additional materials for documentation in the room for them to use for themselves ideally large-format paper (flipchard pads, mural paper on the wall, and so on), art supplies and so on even digital cameras, as Gabriel provided for us at last Novembers Practice of Peace Open Space. When I do this, there often emerge little works of art around the room and I ask participants if I can post this, too, up on the Breaking News wall, along with posted discussion notes. It is all documentation of the experience. This in its entirety gets printed into the book of proceedings discussion notes, poetry, pictures and so on. Of course when inviting participants to the Open Space, diversity includes those who communicate in modes other than text. I welcome the remembrance to include more art supplies in the room and also the energy and expanded thinking your drawings will add to a future Open Space event at which I have the honor to attend, Reinhard maybe, as Florian says Goa??? On a sunny Spring-like day in Berkeley, Lisa ________________________________ L i s a H e f t Consultant, Facilitator, Educator O p e n i n g S p a c e 2325 Oregon Berkeley, California 94705-1106 USA +01 510 548-8449 <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] www.openingspace.net -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of fang Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 12:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: visual bumble bees Hi; This is shu-fang from Taiwan. I would like to share some different thought about visual bumblebees. OST allows participants to explore the space with their own eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and body, heart and soul. I am not quite sure its a good idea to do the visual record as a facilitator. Its only from your own eyes For me it seems not possible to do things without our own subjectivity. We all have our own filters and limitations. I think I prefer Never work harder than you have toalways think of one more thing not to do. Shu-fang -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Florian Fischer Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 9:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: visual bumble bees Am 28.02.2004 7:28 Uhr schrieb "Visuelle Protokolle" unter <[email protected]>: ..I want to ask you a question. .....When I walk through the groups in an OS, listening here, taking visual notes there, ...following the energy of honey smell. During the day I gather lots of images I draw this way, images which I bring together. ... I show my honey to the group afterwards, many of the others like it to have a visual overview of the proceedings, .....the unspoken energy that I felt and drew. So I found out that I create a group memory this way. ......you often talk about 'holding space'. But at African tribes meetings, at coffee brakes there is nobody holding space, or it is everybody. Self organized. Wouldn't some of you like to test a service to the group similar to the one I am practizing? Holding space in another way? Just start walking around drawing little images, not as a participant talking and arguing with the others, but wandering to and fro silently and open minded? And thus producing something wich no written protocol of the groups can substitute? As a stepping stone for sustainability, something to come back to, to show others? And maybe this way also participants would follow the example and draw a bit, like in World Cafè meetings using the table cloth for visual notes?
dear reinhard, about the question whether there is a space-holder in the coffe-brake I´m sure it´s the bar-keeper. about the question whether there is a spaceholder in african tribe meetings,I called my friend irene, she is well experienced in ethnology, lived together for a lot of while with the tribe of the dinka in sudan. yes, she answered, they never meet without someone, who is called AGAMLONG. agam is confirming, long is speach/speaking. in english we my translate that as confirmer or transmitter he is repeating part by part of the discussion between different opinions of the participants. that´s the way how the the dinka do it to give space, to give honour, to expand the now, to appreciate the process, to frame the emergence. your way of confirming a discussion by taking little images may serve in an equivalent manner. come to goa, to our next following OSonOS. show up into the circle, draw your message on a sheet of paper and offer it on the marketplace it will be fascinating. florian ---------------------- florian fischer begleitung im wandel d 10779 berlin, muenchener 6 fon 0049.30. 2116752 fax 0049.30. 2115943 [email protected] ----------------------- * * ========================================================== [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
