I hear music when I read your found poem, dear Lisa. What a beautiful way to summarize and celebrate!
Namasté, Christine Christine Whitney Sanchez, M.C. Phoenix, AZ, USA • +1.480.759.0262 www.innovationpartners.com <http://www.innovationpartners.com/> Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/ChristineWhitneySanchez> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinewhitneysanchez> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/CWhitneySanchez> On Dec 27, 2014, at 7:57 AM, Shobha Kumar via OSList <[email protected]> wrote: This is so beautiful Lisa! Warmest best wishes to all for a beautiful 2015! Shobha Sent from my iPhone On Dec 26, 2014, at 8:01 PM, "Lisa Heft - via OSList" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Hello, dear friends. > As your current OSLIST Poet Laureate I wish to continue to create found > poetry, in the practice of one of our late great past Poet Laureates, Ms. > Laurel Doersam. > I sit with a conversation you have had and think about how it comes apart and > fits back together again in a new and poetic way. > I enjoy showing you back … yourselves. > Happy reading - Lisa Heft > > ________ > > In Honor of the Lurkers > ________ > > Hey… > > I am a lurker and sometimes contributor. > I am one of the frequent lurkers. > I am proud to be a frequent lurker. > Mostly lurk but occasionally comment. > Mostly lurking for many years. > A regular lurker. > Read the list. Daily. > > Mostly silent, sometimes reading, often feeling and holding space. > > Even trawling through pages and pages of repetitive posts on the digest > format doesn't keep me away. > > Hey - I'm a regular lurker. > I'm a regular lurker and learner. > > I enjoy the constant reminder about the core of OS principles. > I particularly enjoy the principles of open space as practiced by the > participants: > No admonishments about perceived “off topic” threads, > No shut-downs when (if) there’s a flurry of un-subscriptions due to the above. > Such a positive list with world wide participants, so great. > I am in love and in debt to this beautiful community. > > Enjoying…learning….practicing… > > Lurk > Hey YES! > Hello > I’m a permanent lurker > Same here. > > It's enlivening to see both the old hands and the new waves of Open Space > lovers. > A cool combination of experienced practitioners and new comers. > > The experience, curiosity, wisdom and generosity demonstrated through this > list is very important to me, my work and life. > I love the living wisdom through this OSLIST. > I enjoy the reflections and the enthusiasm. > I enjoy the fresh perspectives offered by REAL OSers. > I feel connected to the community and I get inspiring ideas. > From time to time I cannot resist to send again a tiny contribution to say > hello I’m still there. > > Hi. > Hi! > Hi, everybody! > I do lurk most of the time. > > Sometimes the volume is over my capacity. > I sometimes comment. > > Sometimes I am reading daily, sometimes weekly, sometimes I do not check for > a few months, > and then simply delete the build up. > Applying the law of two feet with my two eyes. > And then I start again > > Definitely a lurker with random bits of input and responses. > > I am a frequent 'participant' in the discussion - but almost always only in > my head. > And I have many very fruitful conversations with you all – in my head. > I engage in the conversation, try on different responses. > I keep thinking of writing, but then see all the wisdom on the list and > think, that’s it. Why repeat. > I always learn…and I know the next time I have a question there will always > be somebody to help answer it for me. > > Hey, > Heyyyy, > Heeeeey. > Hey everyone, > Here it comes: I am a lurker. > I’m a passionate lurker. > Love to learn while lurking. > > I am always here! > > I appreciate the active participation of some players who represent the > thoughts of many others. > Always appreciate new voices and perspectives as well. > I feel connected to many of the topics that have been shared here in this > group. > > Hey - I'm here too. > I lurk here too. > I lurk a lot. > Me too! > I am an active reader. > I READ every message, and learn a lot! > > Yep, I mostly lurk. > > Gratitude to still be amongst this community. > Grateful for our co-learning. > MASSIVELY GRATEFUL for all I have learned. > Always a grateful and admiring learner. > A learning-by-listening kind of lurk. > > My active participation is in the listening / reading space at the rim. > Not posting often, but taking in the gifts of this list with much gratitude > and passing them on in the world. > And in applying the principles of practice in my own life a lot of the time. > > Often I have so many things to do > that I don’t give myself the time to sit down and write a thorough, well > thought reply. > Now that I write this, > I realize that it is not necessary to put the bar that high. > It does not always have to be of academic quality – > a simple sharing will do, too. > So this is a note to myself. > > Hi! > Hey! > Hey OS List Folks > Another lurker. > I lurk often and read a lot! > > I use the list and the amazing contributions as inspiration to remind me why > I love doing this. > And that there are other ways and people out there > doing things differently. > > I think every single posting leads some us somewhere, even if those places > aren't so obvious. > I especially like when the search is fragile and the outcome uncertain. > > Thank you for being and doing. > > I am always fascinated by the conversation and learn tons. > Appreciating each kind word or gift exchanged or question asked. > I love people’s thinking, awarenesses, interests, divergences on this list. > > I occasionally offer my 2 bits... I guess that's what happens when interest > accrues on my 2 cents over time. > I love the sense of security and support. > > I am curious - how do we really define LURKERS? > I don’t consider myself a lurker. > I don’t hide behind somewhere, ready to pounce. > I have no evil intentions. > I haven't yet gotten used to the modern meaning of "lurker" and don't ever > identify as one. > The definition seems to say that listening isn't active participation. > I’m no lurker. > I actively participate in reading, listening, and reflecting. > > Oh thank you for saying that, thank you. > > Lurk! > I am a happy lurker. > > And I am not. I am … a witness. > Fully engaged and fully present. > For what is dialogue? It is someone speaking, and someone else who is fully > listening. > > In live os events you see the butterflies. > A silent presence creating Space. > > We are a community working with open space, > Therefore able or learning to be absolutely present > And absolutely invisible. > > Thanks for the affirmation. > Sets a lovely tone. > Really resonates. > > Hi, everybody. > Hello, world. > I lurk, regularly. > I am not ashamed. Sometimes I even post. > Then I lurk. > > Listening has improved my practice for sure! > > Has anyone noticed that it is almost > impossible to say "lurk" rapidly in succession? > Try it: > Lurk lurk lurk. > lurklurklurklurklurklurklurklurklurklurkllkllkkkk. > Argh. > > Ah, I am so glad! > I’m still growing inside. > I’m a lurker and a learner. > I am a listener and a witness. > > I am very happy to be part of this list. > I like this community. > Keep the work and the words flowing. > > I lurk. > I may well be digging into the vast collective wisdom soon. > > I lurk. > > Whoa, that was hard to say. It feels good to get that off my chest. > Thanks for listening. > > My pleasure. > Listening is my part in the dialogue. > > __ > > Inspired by / including words and thoughts by > Jeff Aitken, Chris Altmikus, Ramón Alzate, Neichu Angami, Juana Anguita, > Carmela Ariza, Cal Austin, Tova Averbuch, Arno Baltin, John Baxter, Konny > Benjamin, Stéphane Brodu, Andrea Chiou, Steve Cochran, Jonathan Coe, Ashley > Cooper, Suzanne Daigle, Lise Damkjaer, Jean Francois Dauba, Corinne Devery, > Koos de Heer, R. Duff Doel, Lourdes Adriana Diaz-Berrio Doring, Stella Duffy, > Ingrid Ebeling, Florian Fischer, Patricia Gooding, Kári Gunnarsson, Saehi > Hahn, Shannon Hecker, Lisa Heft, Michael Herman, Jan Höglund, Peggy Holman, > June, Chris Kloth, Anja Korvenmaa, Francois Knuchel, Satyanarayanan Kumar, > Shobha Kumar, Christy Lee-Engel, Chuni Li, Pernilla Luttropp, Liz Martins, Jo > McLaughlin, Viv McWaters, Joshua Morrison, Gerard Miller, Susanne Moosdorf, > Elspeth Murray, Kevin O’Brien, Lawrence O’Connor, Mary O’Connor, Harrison > Owen, Marks Mcavity, Kathleen D. Osta, Marie Ann Östlund, Lori Palano, > Michael M Pannwitz, Susan Partnow, Bhavesh Patel, Thomas Perret, Eleder > Aurtenetxe Pildain, Annamarie Pluhar, John Rapp, Arturo Uscátegui Restrepo, > Martin Roell, Christine Whitney Sanchez, Horst Schmid, Agneta Setterwall, > Nigel Seys-Phillips, Lisa Sieverts, Davis Smith, Anne Stadler, Hege > Steinsland, Donnan Stoicovy, Bob Sullens, Elisabeth Tepper, Gijs van Wezel, > Annika von Walter, John Watkins, Agnieszka Maja Wawrzyniak, Jutta Wiemar, > Robyn Williams, Markus Wittwer and Rosa Zubizaretta > > … with apologies for any mis-spellings / mis-alphabetizing / possible > omissions of your names … > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > <http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org> _______________________________________________ OSList mailing list To post send emails to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
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