Re: OS/Playback...and creative materials?

[BJ Peters]

Chris-- I was in total agreement with others' feedback on using straight OST for this group. I also absolutely love the idea of having an "art cart" or "play pen" available - no introduction, no comment - just available. I've been in contact with the Playback theatre group here and have seen their work. It's awesome and such an addition to the kind of work we do. Here's wishing you a wonderful session with them! Fond regards --BJ ======================= Chris Weaver wrote: Yowza!  OSLIST sure is alive and in good Spirits for the new millenium!  Thanks for the many fine responses to my query. I see the wisdom in facilitating a straight OST for this Playback company.  I especially appreciate Rainer Bosselmann's words: now it seems to me, that rather straight experiences in a contrasting method or with a 'neighbour approach' are the most fruitful and positively confronting processes of learning. I reflect that the groups we serve always have special gifts and expertise in human interaction, sometimes in realms known to the facilitator and sometimes not.  I like Christine Whitney Sanchez's phrase "the OST container" - the OST form, when not messed-with, has a way of providing space for all of it.  Perhaps someone at the Playback OST will convene a group to PLAYBACK OUR ORGANIZATIONAL STORY, and, as always, whoever comes are the right people. To nudge the discussion a bit further: An interesting quote from the Playback discussion last summer:  Romy wrote, It is my personal passion to include more 'right stuff' as I call it (ie. right brain working) in all that I do...... including theatre, music, arts, dance, clowning, storytelling, masks etc etc I harken back to my years of elementary school teaching, when I learned that the materials I provided in opening my classroom space had a critical effect on the experience that emerged. At Birgitt's "OS Organization" training in Raleigh in November, two participants, Kathy and Robert of Kalamazoo, arrived with a plethora of chalk pencils and water-color-crayons, which made their way into all of our sessions in some stunning ways.  So what about that?  I take to heart Harrison's advice not to plan anything, and to do one thing less.  But, if I as facilitator park an art cart in the corner of the main room, buffet-style like the food, would it enhance Spirit or increase clutter?  Or would it be helpful in discussions with the sponsor to invite the inclusion of material supports (artistic, dramatic, musical...) that fit the creative culture of a particular group? Chris Weaver -- S   P   R   I   N   G   B   R   A   N   C   H Opening the Space for Inspired Collaboration P.O. Box 8234 / Asheville, NC 28814 / USA Phone: 828 225-0007 / Fax: 828 225-0303 http://www.springbranch.net / ch...@springbranch.net F   A   C   I   L   I   T   A   T   I   O   N           * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html =========================================================== osl...@egroups.com To subscribe, 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign up -- provide an email address, and choose a login ID and password 3. Click on "Subscribe" and follow the instructions To unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@egroups.com: 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign in and Proceed