Re: [OSList] An Improbable invitation. A poem about a job.

[Katherine Jennings via OSList]

Shalom beloved
thanks for the email
I enjoyed reading it, and I also felt it.
there was a poem sitting on my printer and I am sharing it with the
community.

"Too familiar"
A paper trace, trail
White lie
Black ball
Green with envy
what you talking bout Willis?
As  we get woke and stay woke
The colors of the rainbow will show up
colors could comfort
they have been known to heal and reveal the hurts
White people
black people
People come in colors?
Too familiar

K. Sweetness Jennings
living in the light

On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 2:35 AM Michael M Pannwitz via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> At the last WOSonOS in Berlin one of the improbable women put on a
> totally improper, quirky and irritating dance performance... what an
> enlightened celebration of life...
>
> cheers from a bright Monday morning, cloudless blue sky with the moon
> still on its dependable course...
>
> mmp
> Am 21.11.2021 um 22:42 schrieb Peggy Holman via OSList:
> > Fabulous
> >
> > I’m particularly drawn to:
> >>
> >> We have spent our lives following our curiosity, trusting the
> >> unlikely, believing in the quirky, the subtle, and the irritating,
> >> giving time and space to all the improper things that are usually
> >> dismissed or discarded in a creative process. We are also all
> >> these things ourselves: improper, quirky, irritating. We are not
> >> always easy to live with.
> >
> >
> >
> > Peggy
> >
> >> On Nov 20, 2021, at 7:31 AM, Harrison Owen SR via OSList
> >>  >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Thank you!
> >>
> >> Harrison
> >>
> >> On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 8:05 AM Alan Halford via OSList
> >>  >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Fabulous!
> >>
> >> On 20 Nov 2021, at 8:42 pm, Phelim McDermott via OSList
> >>  >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello lovely space openers.
> >>
> >> I wanted to share something. Firstly it’s about a job advert but
> >> also about how stuff we do at Improbable has been changed by the
> >> practice of invitation.
> >>
> >> First off I’m sure my wife Matilda won’t mind me sharing this
> >> story. She formed and co-runs an organisation called “Mothers who
> >> make” it’s an online and offline support group that grew out of
> >> one of our own open space events. It supports the idea that we
> >> need to open more space into our work and life spaces so that the
> >> the roles of both mother and maker are not separate or
> >> marginalised by the other.
> >> Check it out you might want to take part. You can join from
> >> anywhere in the world.
> >>
> >> https://www.improbable.co.uk/job-vacancies
> >> 
> >>
> >> Anyway a few years back Matilda put out a job advert for a
> >> Producer role at MWM in a traditional way. Job specs, salary,
> >> responsibility etc.. she got at most a handful of replies. So she
> >> decided to create an informal advert. An invitation. She spoke
> >> from her heart and from her passion and vulnerability with real
> >> honesty about what the job would be and what it would involve.
> >> Raw. She got 100 applicants. A real indication that it’s not just
> >> the sessions called but the original invite that need passion and
> >> responsibility to give it grip.
> >>
> >> https://www.improbable.co.uk/ 
> >>
> >> So Improbable (link above) is a company that makes shows and opens
> >> space wherever we can are currently looking for a new executive
> >> director. We put out the formal job advert a few weeks ago and
> >> shortly afterwards we put out our informal invite which is  below..
> >>
> >> Please spread the word and notice that we are hoping to ensure no
> >> one should exclude themselves from the possibility of
> >> interviewing, especially if you don’t work in theatre.
> >>
> >> Yes this might be you.
> >>
> >> Here is the Invitation:
> >>
> >>
> https://www.improbable.co.uk/posts/executive-director-informal-job-ad
> >> <
> https://www.improbable.co.uk/posts/executive-director-informal-job-ad>
> >>
> >>
> >> Here’s the text so you don’t have to click a link!
> >>
> >> “A POEM ABOUT A JOB.”
> >>
> >> An invitation to Join us. A poem about a job.
> >>
> >> On our Gathering blog,
> >> https://www.improbable.co.uk/posts/the-gathering
> >> 
> >> you may have read that we’re looking for a place to belong and to
> >> create belonging. We've been gathering clues, seeking out places,
> >> talking to people, in our quest for a home for the company. We
> >> have also just put out a call for a very particular, key
> >> collaborator - last week, we announced that Improbable is looking
> >> for a new Executive Director.
> >>
> >> 

Re: [OSList] An Improbable invitation. A poem about a job.

[Michael M Pannwitz via OSList]

At the last WOSonOS in Berlin one of the improbable women put on a 
totally improper, quirky and irritating dance performance... what an 
enlightened celebration of life...


cheers from a bright Monday morning, cloudless blue sky with the moon 
still on its dependable course...


mmp
Am 21.11.2021 um 22:42 schrieb Peggy Holman via OSList:

Fabulous

I’m particularly drawn to:


We have spent our lives following our curiosity, trusting the
unlikely, believing in the quirky, the subtle, and the irritating,
giving time and space to all the improper things that are usually
dismissed or discarded in a creative process. We are also all
these things ourselves: improper, quirky, irritating. We are not
always easy to live with.




Peggy

On Nov 20, 2021, at 7:31 AM, Harrison Owen SR via OSList 
> wrote:


Thank you!

Harrison

On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 8:05 AM Alan Halford via OSList 
> wrote:


Fabulous!

On 20 Nov 2021, at 8:42 pm, Phelim McDermott via OSList
mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:

Hello lovely space openers.

I wanted to share something. Firstly it’s about a job advert but
also about how stuff we do at Improbable has been changed by the
practice of invitation.

First off I’m sure my wife Matilda won’t mind me sharing this
story. She formed and co-runs an organisation called “Mothers who
make” it’s an online and offline support group that grew out of
one of our own open space events. It supports the idea that we
need to open more space into our work and life spaces so that the
the roles of both mother and maker are not separate or
marginalised by the other.
Check it out you might want to take part. You can join from
anywhere in the world.

https://www.improbable.co.uk/job-vacancies


Anyway a few years back Matilda put out a job advert for a
Producer role at MWM in a traditional way. Job specs, salary,
responsibility etc.. she got at most a handful of replies. So she
decided to create an informal advert. An invitation. She spoke
from her heart and from her passion and vulnerability with real
honesty about what the job would be and what it would involve.
Raw. She got 100 applicants. A real indication that it’s not just
the sessions called but the original invite that need passion and
responsibility to give it grip.

https://www.improbable.co.uk/ 

So Improbable (link above) is a company that makes shows and opens
space wherever we can are currently looking for a new executive
director. We put out the formal job advert a few weeks ago and
shortly afterwards we put out our informal invite which is  below..

Please spread the word and notice that we are hoping to ensure no
one should exclude themselves from the possibility of
interviewing, especially if you don’t work in theatre.

Yes this might be you.

Here is the Invitation:

https://www.improbable.co.uk/posts/executive-director-informal-job-ad



Here’s the text so you don’t have to click a link!

“A POEM ABOUT A JOB.”

An invitation to Join us. A poem about a job.

On our Gathering blog,
https://www.improbable.co.uk/posts/the-gathering

you may have read that we’re looking for a place to belong and to
create belonging. We've been gathering clues, seeking out places,
talking to people, in our quest for a home for the company. We
have also just put out a call for a very particular, key
collaborator - last week, we announced that Improbable is looking
for a new Executive Director.

Our Executive Director will, of course, be helping to take care of
Improbable - what it is, what it does, what its unfolding vision
is, and what it may be. However, one vital focus of this person's
role will be helping to make The Gathering, our home for
Improbable and our practice, happen.

You can read the formal job ad here.

https://www.improbable.co.uk/job-vacancies


It does what job ads have to do – it talks about tasks,
responsibilities and qualifications. There is a heading called
'Person Specification' which lists things like:

Excellent written and oral communication skills
Excellent project management and time management skills
Experience of line management and excellent people skills
An understanding of funding systems and track record of
fundraising from a variety of sources

Etc.

What it doesn't and can't talk about is spirit.

Spirit Specification.

So we want to do that here. Not to list the spirit needed by the

Re: [OSList] An Improbable invitation. A poem about a job.

[Peggy Holman via OSList]

Fabulous

I’m particularly drawn to:
> We have spent our lives following our curiosity, trusting the unlikely, 
> believing in the quirky, the subtle, and the irritating, giving time and 
> space to all the improper things that are usually dismissed or discarded in a 
> creative process. We are also all these things ourselves: improper, quirky, 
> irritating. We are not always easy to live with.



Peggy

> On Nov 20, 2021, at 7:31 AM, Harrison Owen SR via OSList 
>  wrote:
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Harrison
> 
> On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 8:05 AM Alan Halford via OSList 
> mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>> 
> wrote:
> Fabulous!
> 
> On 20 Nov 2021, at 8:42 pm, Phelim McDermott via OSList 
> mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>> 
> wrote:
> 
> Hello lovely space openers. 
> 
> I wanted to share something. Firstly it’s about a job advert but also about 
> how stuff we do at Improbable has been changed by the practice of invitation. 
> 
> First off I’m sure my wife Matilda won’t mind me sharing this story. She 
> formed and co-runs an organisation called “Mothers who make” it’s an online 
> and offline support group that grew out of one of our own open space events. 
> It supports the idea that we need to open more space into our work and life 
> spaces so that the the roles of both mother and maker are not separate or 
> marginalised by the other. 
> Check it out you might want to take part. You can join from anywhere in the 
> world. 
> 
> https://www.improbable.co.uk/job-vacancies 
> 
> 
> Anyway a few years back Matilda put out a job advert for a Producer role at 
> MWM in a traditional way. Job specs, salary, responsibility etc.. she got at 
> most a handful of replies. So she decided to create an informal advert. An 
> invitation. She spoke from her heart and from her passion and vulnerability 
> with real honesty about what the job would be and what it would involve. Raw. 
> She got 100 applicants. A real indication that it’s not just the sessions 
> called but the original invite that need passion and responsibility to give 
> it grip. 
> 
> https://www.improbable.co.uk/ 
> 
> So Improbable (link above) is a company that makes shows and opens space 
> wherever we can are currently looking for a new executive director. We put 
> out the formal job advert a few weeks ago and shortly afterwards we put out 
> our informal invite which is  below..
> 
> Please spread the word and notice that we are hoping to ensure no one should 
> exclude themselves from the possibility of interviewing, especially if you 
> don’t work in theatre. 
> 
> Yes this might be you. 
> 
> Here is the Invitation:
> 
> https://www.improbable.co.uk/posts/executive-director-informal-job-ad 
>   
> 
> Here’s the text so you don’t have to click a link! 
> 
> “A POEM ABOUT A JOB.”
> 
> An invitation to Join us. A poem about a job. 
> 
> On our Gathering blog, https://www.improbable.co.uk/posts/the-gathering 
> 
> you may have read that we’re looking for a place to belong and to create 
> belonging. We've been gathering clues, seeking out places, talking to people, 
> in our quest for a home for the company. We have also just put out a call for 
> a very particular, key collaborator - last week, we announced that Improbable 
> is looking for a new Executive Director. 
> 
> Our Executive Director will, of course, be helping to take care of Improbable 
> - what it is, what it does, what its unfolding vision is, and what it may be. 
> However, one vital focus of this person's role will be helping to make The 
> Gathering, our home for Improbable and our practice, happen. 
> 
> You can read the formal job ad here. 
> 
> https://www.improbable.co.uk/job-vacancies 
> 
> 
> It does what job ads have to do – it talks about tasks, responsibilities and 
> qualifications. There is a heading called 'Person Specification' which lists 
> things like: 
> 
> Excellent written and oral communication skills
> Excellent project management and time management skills
> Experience of line management and excellent people skills
> An understanding of funding systems and track record of fundraising from a 
> variety of sources
> 
> Etc.
> 
> What it doesn't and can't talk about is spirit. 
> 
> Spirit Specification. 
> 
> So we want to do that here. Not to list the spirit needed by the person in 
> the Executive Director role because the specific thing about spirit is that 
> it does not belong to anyone. It exists between people. An understanding of 
> this is at the heart of the company's practice, that the brilliance of the 
> work, be that an Opera, an Impro, or an Open Space event, does not lie in any 
> one person's singular stellar performance, but in the atmosphere between the 
> players, even amongst the 

Re: [OSList] An Improbable invitation. A poem about a job.

[Harrison Owen SR via OSList]

Thank you!

Harrison

On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 8:05 AM Alan Halford via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Fabulous!
>
> On 20 Nov 2021, at 8:42 pm, Phelim McDermott via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
> Hello lovely space openers.
>
> I wanted to share something. Firstly it’s about a job advert but also
> about how stuff we do at Improbable has been changed by the practice of
> invitation.
>
> First off I’m sure my wife Matilda won’t mind me sharing this story. She
> formed and co-runs an organisation called “Mothers who make” it’s an online
> and offline support group that grew out of one of our own open space
> events. It supports the idea that we need to open more space into our work
> and life spaces so that the the roles of both mother and maker are not
> separate or marginalised by the other.
> Check it out you might want to take part. You can join from anywhere in
> the world.
>
> https://www.improbable.co.uk/job-vacancies
>
> Anyway a few years back Matilda put out a job advert for a Producer role
> at MWM in a traditional way. Job specs, salary, responsibility etc.. she
> got at most a handful of replies. So she decided to create an informal
> advert. An invitation. She spoke from her heart and from her passion and
> vulnerability with real honesty about what the job would be and what it
> would involve. Raw. She got 100 applicants. A real indication that it’s not
> just the sessions called but the original invite that need passion and
> responsibility to give it grip.
>
> https://www.improbable.co.uk/
>
> So Improbable (link above) is a company that makes shows and opens space
> wherever we can are currently looking for a new executive director. We put
> out the formal job advert a few weeks ago and shortly afterwards we put out
> our informal invite which is  below..
>
> Please spread the word and notice that we are hoping to ensure no one
> should exclude themselves from the possibility of interviewing, especially
> if you don’t work in theatre.
>
> Yes this might be you.
>
> Here is the Invitation:
>
> https://www.improbable.co.uk/posts/executive-director-informal-job-ad
>
> Here’s the text so you don’t have to click a link!
>
> “A POEM ABOUT A JOB.”
>
> An invitation to Join us. A poem about a job.
>
> On our Gathering blog, https://www.improbable.co.uk/posts/the-gathering
> you may have read that we’re looking for a place to belong and to create
> belonging. We've been gathering clues, seeking out places, talking to
> people, in our quest for a home for the company. We have also just put out
> a call for a very particular, key collaborator - last week, we announced
> that Improbable is looking for a new Executive Director.
>
> Our Executive Director will, of course, be helping to take care of
> Improbable - what it is, what it does, what its unfolding vision is, and
> what it may be. However, one vital focus of this person's role will be
> helping to make The Gathering, our home for Improbable and our practice,
> happen.
>
> You can read the formal job ad here.
>
> https://www.improbable.co.uk/job-vacancies
>
> It does what job ads have to do – it talks about tasks, responsibilities
> and qualifications. There is a heading called 'Person Specification' which
> lists things like:
>
> Excellent written and oral communication skills
> Excellent project management and time management skills
> Experience of line management and excellent people skills
> An understanding of funding systems and track record of fundraising from a
> variety of sources
>
> Etc.
>
> What it doesn't and can't talk about is spirit.
>
> Spirit Specification.
>
> So we want to do that here. Not to list the spirit needed by the person in
> the Executive Director role because the specific thing about spirit is that
> it does not belong to anyone. It exists between people. An understanding of
> this is at the heart of the company's practice, that the brilliance of the
> work, be that an Opera, an Impro, or an Open Space event, does not lie in
> any one person's singular stellar performance, but in the atmosphere
> between the players, even amongst the audience - between all the
> participants, it emerges. Much like in a poem, the meaning unfolds from the
> combination of the words and their particular clustering, their
> constellation.
>
> Here then, below, is a kind of poem. A list poem. It shares something of
> who we are, and of our spirit.
>
> This is our 'Spirit Ad':
>
> We are Improvisers. Performers. Directors. Writers. Artists. Facilitators.
> Parents. Partners. Friends.
>
> We are leaders. We are listeners.
> We are tricksters.
>
> We have spent our lives following our curiosity, trusting the unlikely,
> believing in the quirky, the subtle, and the irritating, giving time and
> space to all the improper things that are usually dismissed or discarded in
> a creative process. We are also all these things ourselves: improper,
> quirky, irritating. We are not always easy to 

Re: [OSList] An Improbable invitation. A poem about a job.

[Alan Halford via OSList]

Fabulous!

On 20 Nov 2021, at 8:42 pm, Phelim McDermott via OSList 
mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:

Hello lovely space openers. 

I wanted to share something. Firstly it’s about a job advert but also about how 
stuff we do at Improbable has been changed by the practice of invitation. 

First off I’m sure my wife Matilda won’t mind me sharing this story. She formed 
and co-runs an organisation called “Mothers who make” it’s an online and 
offline support group that grew out of one of our own open space events. It 
supports the idea that we need to open more space into our work and life spaces 
so that the the roles of both mother and maker are not separate or marginalised 
by the other. 
Check it out you might want to take part. You can join from anywhere in the 
world. 

https://www.improbable.co.uk/job-vacancies 


Anyway a few years back Matilda put out a job advert for a Producer role at MWM 
in a traditional way. Job specs, salary, responsibility etc.. she got at most a 
handful of replies. So she decided to create an informal advert. An invitation. 
She spoke from her heart and from her passion and vulnerability with real 
honesty about what the job would be and what it would involve. Raw. She got 100 
applicants. A real indication that it’s not just the sessions called but the 
original invite that need passion and responsibility to give it grip. 

https://www.improbable.co.uk/ 

So Improbable (link above) is a company that makes shows and opens space 
wherever we can are currently looking for a new executive director. We put out 
the formal job advert a few weeks ago and shortly afterwards we put out our 
informal invite which is  below..

Please spread the word and notice that we are hoping to ensure no one should 
exclude themselves from the possibility of interviewing, especially if you 
don’t work in theatre. 

Yes this might be you. 

Here is the Invitation:

https://www.improbable.co.uk/posts/executive-director-informal-job-ad 
  

Here’s the text so you don’t have to click a link! 

“A POEM ABOUT A JOB.”

An invitation to Join us. A poem about a job. 

On our Gathering blog, https://www.improbable.co.uk/posts/the-gathering 

you may have read that we’re looking for a place to belong and to create 
belonging. We've been gathering clues, seeking out places, talking to people, 
in our quest for a home for the company. We have also just put out a call for a 
very particular, key collaborator - last week, we announced that Improbable is 
looking for a new Executive Director. 

Our Executive Director will, of course, be helping to take care of Improbable - 
what it is, what it does, what its unfolding vision is, and what it may be. 
However, one vital focus of this person's role will be helping to make The 
Gathering, our home for Improbable and our practice, happen. 

You can read the formal job ad here. 

https://www.improbable.co.uk/job-vacancies 


It does what job ads have to do – it talks about tasks, responsibilities and 
qualifications. There is a heading called 'Person Specification' which lists 
things like: 

Excellent written and oral communication skills
Excellent project management and time management skills
Experience of line management and excellent people skills
An understanding of funding systems and track record of fundraising from a 
variety of sources

Etc.

What it doesn't and can't talk about is spirit. 

Spirit Specification. 

So we want to do that here. Not to list the spirit needed by the person in the 
Executive Director role because the specific thing about spirit is that it does 
not belong to anyone. It exists between people. An understanding of this is at 
the heart of the company's practice, that the brilliance of the work, be that 
an Opera, an Impro, or an Open Space event, does not lie in any one person's 
singular stellar performance, but in the atmosphere between the players, even 
amongst the audience - between all the participants, it emerges. Much like in a 
poem, the meaning unfolds from the combination of the words and their 
particular clustering, their constellation. 

Here then, below, is a kind of poem. A list poem. It shares something of who we 
are, and of our spirit.

This is our 'Spirit Ad':

We are Improvisers. Performers. Directors. Writers. Artists. Facilitators. 
Parents. Partners. Friends.

We are leaders. We are listeners. 
We are tricksters.

We have spent our lives following our curiosity, trusting the unlikely, 
believing in the quirky, the subtle, and the irritating, giving time and space 
to all the improper things that are usually dismissed or discarded in a 
creative process. We are also all these things ourselves: improper, quirky, 
irritating. We are not always easy to live 

Re: [OSList] An Improbable invitation. A poem about a job.

[Phelim McDermott via OSList]

Whoops checked it all and got the Mother’s who make link wrong! Here it is !

https://motherswhomake.org/

Best regards,

Phelim McDermott
-
 I generally pick up emails only at the beginning and end of the working day. I 
am currently aiming to respond the following day. If it is urgent please call 
me on 07956 187298. 
___/

Sent from my iPhone

> On 20 Nov 2021, at 12:42, Phelim McDermott  wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello lovely space openers. 
> 
> I wanted to share something. Firstly it’s about a job advert but also about 
> how stuff we do at Improbable has been changed by the practice of invitation. 
> 
> First off I’m sure my wife Matilda won’t mind me sharing this story. She 
> formed and co-runs an organisation called “Mothers who make” it’s an online 
> and offline support group that grew out of one of our own open space events. 
> It supports the idea that we need to open more space into our work and life 
> spaces so that the the roles of both mother and maker are not separate or 
> marginalised by the other. 
> Check it out you might want to take part. You can join from anywhere in the 
> world. 
> 
> https://www.improbable.co.uk/job-vacancies
> 
> Anyway a few years back Matilda put out a job advert for a Producer role at 
> MWM in a traditional way. Job specs, salary, responsibility etc.. she got at 
> most a handful of replies. So she decided to create an informal advert. An 
> invitation. She spoke from her heart and from her passion and vulnerability 
> with real honesty about what the job would be and what it would involve. Raw. 
> She got 100 applicants. A real indication that it’s not just the sessions 
> called but the original invite that need passion and responsibility to give 
> it grip. 
> 
> https://www.improbable.co.uk/
> 
> So Improbable (link above) is a company that makes shows and opens space 
> wherever we can are currently looking for a new executive director. We put 
> out the formal job advert a few weeks ago and shortly afterwards we put out 
> our informal invite which is  below..
> 
> Please spread the word and notice that we are hoping to ensure no one should 
> exclude themselves from the possibility of interviewing, especially if you 
> don’t work in theatre. 
> 
> Yes this might be you. 
> 
> Here is the Invitation:
> 
> https://www.improbable.co.uk/posts/executive-director-informal-job-ad  
> 
> Here’s the text so you don’t have to click a link! 
> 
> “A POEM ABOUT A JOB.”
> 
> An invitation to Join us. A poem about a job. 
> 
> On our Gathering blog, https://www.improbable.co.uk/posts/the-gathering
> you may have read that we’re looking for a place to belong and to create 
> belonging. We've been gathering clues, seeking out places, talking to people, 
> in our quest for a home for the company. We have also just put out a call for 
> a very particular, key collaborator - last week, we announced that Improbable 
> is looking for a new Executive Director. 
> 
> Our Executive Director will, of course, be helping to take care of Improbable 
> - what it is, what it does, what its unfolding vision is, and what it may be. 
> However, one vital focus of this person's role will be helping to make The 
> Gathering, our home for Improbable and our practice, happen. 
> 
> You can read the formal job ad here. 
> 
> https://www.improbable.co.uk/job-vacancies
> 
> It does what job ads have to do – it talks about tasks, responsibilities and 
> qualifications. There is a heading called 'Person Specification' which lists 
> things like: 
> 
> Excellent written and oral communication skills
> Excellent project management and time management skills
> Experience of line management and excellent people skills
> An understanding of funding systems and track record of fundraising from a 
> variety of sources
> 
> Etc.
> 
> What it doesn't and can't talk about is spirit. 
> 
> Spirit Specification. 
> 
> So we want to do that here. Not to list the spirit needed by the person in 
> the Executive Director role because the specific thing about spirit is that 
> it does not belong to anyone. It exists between people. An understanding of 
> this is at the heart of the company's practice, that the brilliance of the 
> work, be that an Opera, an Impro, or an Open Space event, does not lie in any 
> one person's singular stellar performance, but in the atmosphere between the 
> players, even amongst the audience - between all the participants, it 
> emerges. Much like in a poem, the meaning unfolds from the combination of the 
> words and their particular clustering, their constellation. 
> 
> Here then, below, is a kind of poem. A list poem. It shares something of who 
> we are, and of our spirit.
> 
> This is our 'Spirit Ad':
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> We are Improvisers. Performers. Directors. Writers. Artists. Facilitators. 
> Parents. Partners. Friends.
> 
> We are leaders. We are listeners. 
> We are tricksters.
> 
> We have spent our lives following our