communication often works better when not in the technology of words greetings from Berlin not back here very long from my trip to the Ukraine "training" 47 people for 120 hours and assisting in an os in Kiev without knowing one word of their language but understanding a lot mmp
--Original Message Text--- From: Susan M Kerr Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 21:22:05 EDT -------------------------------1118366525 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 6/9/2005 7:58:38 P.M. Central Standard Time, d...@innergy.ca writes: I never thought of these as "open space" but now that I look at it, I suppose they are. duff Reading this brought an experience to mind that I would now call open space. It was a Native American pipe circle held in a buffalo field (we went to Janesville, WI, to pay homage to a white buffalo calf born there). We first stood in an open circle, one person walked it silently as we smudged (sweet grass burning in an abalone shell; we drew the smoke towards ourselves while this person holding it fanned it to us with a feather), then we sat and passed a pipe, again, silently. The pipe held some kind of tobacco but nothing hallucinogenic (more sweet grass? I'm not really sure). Afterwards when we were mingling and talking I saw into another's eyes deeper than I ever had (with anyone - I did not even know this person). I remember thinking, "why is he letting me look so far in?" So maybe open space works even when the communication is not in words? * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist -------------------------------1118366525 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In a message dated 6/9/2005 7:58:38 P.M. Central Standard Time,=20 d...@innergy.ca writes: I never=20 thought of these as "open space" but now that I look at it, I suppose they= =20 are. duff Reading this brought an experience to mind that I would now call open=20 space. It was a Native American pipe circle held in a buffalo field (we went t= o=20 Janesville, WI, to pay homage to a white buffalo calf born there). We first=20 stood in an open circle, one person walked it silently as we smudged (s= weet=20 grass burning in an abalone shell; we drew the smoke towards=20 ourselves while this person holding it fanned it to us with a feather),= =20 then we sat and passed a pipe, again, silently. The pipe held some kind of=20 tobacco but nothing hallucinogenic (more sweet grass? I'm not really sure).=20 Afterwards when we were mingling and talking I saw into=20 another's eyes deeper than I ever had (with anyone - I did no= t=20 even know this person). I remember thinking, "why is he letting me look= so=20 far in?" So maybe open space works even when the communication is not in=20 word * * =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3 D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist -------------------------------1118366525-- Michael M Pannwitz, boscop eg i.G. Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany ++49-30-772 8000 www.boscop.de www.michaelmpannwitz.de Check out the new Open Space World Map now with 282 Open Space Workers in 53 countries (working in a total of 112 countries worldwide) www.openspaceworldmap.org * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
