Yay! I hugely look forward to the baby who has been growing during our rehearsals and in our show (in utero now, mother is 7 months pregnant, on stage) turning up to our open space makings in future! Stella x
On 17/11/2011 15:23, "Harrison Owen" <[email protected]> wrote: > Stella Delightful!! And way back at the beginning of OST people discovered > just what you experienced. Kids love it. We would have several hundred folks > coming to an annual event (many repeaters). Over time some came pregnant, and > pregnancy delivered Kids showed up. Unlike virtually all other similar > gatherings time/space was sufficiently open so that parents and kids could > take care of critical needs, naps for instance. As the years went along some > of the early participants (children) became repeat offenders. I remember one > young lady who showed up for a number of years and then came back as an adult. > Fun! > > Harrison > > > Harrison Owen > 7808 River Falls Dr. > Potomac, MD 20854 > USA > > 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) > Camden, Maine 20854 > > Phone 301-365-2093 > (summer) 207-763-3261 > > www.openspaceworld.com > www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST Go > to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stella Duffy > Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 9:12 AM > To: Open Space Lists > Subject: [OSList] having children in the open space > > As I said earlier this week, I¹ve been directing a devised theatre piece, in > Open Space. When the daughter (aged 6) of one of our designers came to > rehearsal (there was no other childcare available for her, but it¹s def not a > kid¹s show), she got on with her own things, watched us for a bit, and then > did some drawings for us - some butterflies and bees for our Open Spaces. She > also drew a flower. We weren't sure what it was the symbol for, but as she had > made it we decided it had a relevance and we put it up on the wall anyway - > because we liked it. Last night, at our post-show discussion talking about > making a show in Open Space, I worked out what it stands for. It stands for > 'children welcome' in the room. Children in utero, children in the space. As a > woman with no children I¹m really excited that we are starting to find a way > to welcome those children (and therefore those parents/guardians who often > find they¹re not the right people¹ because they cannot manage both events and > childcare) into our spaces. > Stella x >
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