On 27 February 2011 23:47, Phelim McDermott <[email protected]> wrote: > Alan, > > I love this Blog! > > Phelim x > > Sent from my iPhone >
Phelim Would you please expand on this re what you 'saw' in the blog and why it turned you on ... Looking forward Alan > > On 27 Feb 2011, at 15:20, Alan Stewart <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Dear All > > With respect, the issue at hand was the wondrous graphic and how it may be > seen to fit with the previous postings by Spark and others on a quirky > cosmic perspective of our human presence. > > As it happens, to insert the illustration I used a link to an article in > which I report an encounter at the farther reaches of human boldness ... > <smile> > > See here > <http://www.timegoesby.net/elderstorytelling/2011/01/an-encounter-with-a-guy.html>for > what set this off, what transpired and what a delightful and inspiring story > is now carried forward. > > My reason for this pursuit? To gain a deeper understanding of how one > person has made enabling and encouraging 'participation' by people an art > form and his *raison d'ete*. > > On the premise that we live in a participatory universe. By this I mean > that, from the time of the early Greek philosophers, people have sought the > secret of participation, '...the courage to be and the courage to become > ...The Idea of Participation is a true gift.' > *'The Participatory Mind' by Henryk Skolimowski* > > Did the people of Tunisia come to recognise this? > > And is it also expressed in the words of the full version > of an iconic freedom song as sung here > ?<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5KnYADCSms>Did the people behind the > protests now happening in Wisconsin and around the > nation in the US hear these? > > "Ubiquitousely powered by OST, ;-))" > *Spark* > > Go well > > Alan > > > On 26 February 2011 22:32, Michael M Pannwitz < <[email protected]> > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Phelim, >> Alan did not send the graphic but the link to it >> >>> <http://www.timegoesby.net/.a/6a00d8341c85cd53ef0148c7db3836970c-pi> >>> http://www.timegoesby.net/.a/6a00d8341c85cd53ef0148c7db3836970c-pi >>> >> >> which is a true and tested method in OSLIST. >> What OSLIST does gobble up are attachments... BUT it makes exceptions. >> >> I have attached the graphic to this mail, let me know whether it came >> through. >> >> >> ciao >> mmp >> >> >> On 26.02.2011 12:01, Phelim McDermott wrote: >> >>> Alan, >>> >>> New depths of knowledge! I think you might be the first person I've seen >>> ever manage to send a graphic to the OSList. It usually eats them! It >>> must be part of the unknown universe and slipped through. Phelim :) >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 26 Feb 2011, at 04:23, Alan Stewart < <[email protected]> >>> [email protected] >>> <mailto: <[email protected]>[email protected]>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Dear All >>>> >>>> The graphic below may be seen to be in tune with what Mr Spark and >>>> others here have ignited. >>>> >>>> >>>> I now bring it to people’s attention in my work as a facilitator of >>>> conversations that matter and participatory fun for it suggests very >>>> poignantly our place in the scheme of things. >>>> >>>> >>>> Said a participant: >>>> >>>> >>>> “The ‘You are here’ diagram is a wonderful tool for getting things >>>> into perspective." >>>> >>>> It comes from a book /Where Have All The Flowers Gone/ (a singalong >>>> memoir) by folk singer and environmental activist Pete Seeger. >>>> >>>> >>>> I wonder how this simple diagrammatic statement of our place suspended >>>> in the midst of dark matter and dark energy resonates with you? <smile> >>>> >>>> >>>> "Ubiquitousely powered by OST, ;-))" >>>> >>>> >>>> You are here. c1985 Harrell Graham >>>> < <http://www.timegoesby.net/.a/6a00d8341c85cd53ef0148c7db3836970c-pi> >>>> http://www.timegoesby.net/.a/6a00d8341c85cd53ef0148c7db3836970c-pi> >>>> >>>> Go well >>>> >>>> Alan >>>> >>>> * * ========================================================== >>>> >>>> <[email protected]>[email protected]<mailto:<[email protected]> >>>> [email protected]> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your >>>> options, view the archives of <[email protected]> >>>> [email protected] >>>> <mailto: <[email protected]>[email protected] >>>> >: >>>> >>>> <http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html> >>>> http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about >>>> OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: >>>> <http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist> >>>> http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist >>>> >>> * * ========================================================== >>> >>> <[email protected]>[email protected] >>> To >>> subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of >>> <[email protected]>[email protected]: >>> <http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html> >>> http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about >>> OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: >>> <http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist> >>> http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist >>> >> >> -- >> Michael M Pannwitz, boscop eg >> Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany >> ++49-30-772 8000 >> <[email protected]>[email protected] >> <http://www.boscop.org>www.boscop.org >> >> >> Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 428 resident Open >> Space Workers in 71 countries working in a total of 141 countries worldwide >> Have a look: >> <http://www.openspaceworldmap.org>www.openspaceworldmap.org >> >> * >> * >> ========================================================== >> >> <[email protected]>[email protected] >> ------------------------------ >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, >> view the archives of <[email protected]> >> [email protected]: >> <http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html> >> http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html >> >> To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: >> <http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist> >> 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 > > * * ========================================================== > [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
