Ralph - I urge you to try (silence or gibberish). But knowing you for some time, and holding your eminent self in high esteem, I have to say that silence would be so uncharacteristic as to be unbelievable. As for the gibberish. . .
But try as you might you will not achieve pride of place. That honor goes to Michael Pannwitz who in fact did the full opening in complete silence. He did have a little trouble when he got to the 4 Principles but nevertheless kept his mouth shut - all the while pointing to the signs on the wall. I thought that was stretching a little, but silence was maintained. Taking a little bit from Michael's luster was the fact that his effort took place on the final day of a three day program, and on each of the preceding days space had been opened by a different person in their own unique way. If the folks hadn't gotten it by that time, there might be some serious question about mental capacity. However - I really loved what he did. I have felt for a long time that the opening is closer to an induction than introduction - more of a dance than a speech. You could see all that in spades when Michael did his thing. Harrison Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, Maryland 20854 Phone 301-365-2093 Skype hhowen Open Space Training <http://www.openspaceworld.com/> www.openspaceworld.com Open Space Institute <http://www.openspaceworld.org/> www.openspaceworld.org Personal website <http://www.ho-image.com/> www.ho-image.com OSLIST: To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives Visit: <http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html> www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ralph Copleman Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 9:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Gibberish and silence Phelim and all, I'm intrigued at the idea of doing the intro in gibberish. I'm looking forward to my first opportunity to try it! I have believed for a long time that it is possible to do the opening in complete silence, using only gestures, movements, and body language, but I have never tried it. I think I could do all the parts, right now except the four principles. These would take a bit more cleverness. Some day... Who knows... Wahetver hppensa... Ralph Copleman * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
