Starting with the idea that form liberates function, the (naturally emergent) design of a process liberates possibilities inherent in the energy field. Liberation is possible to the degree that, like good Taoists, we stay out of the way of natural emergence; we work in harmony with universal in-spiration.
jack _/\_ jack ricchiuto www.designinglife.com two.one.six/ three.seven.three/ seven.four.seven.five. _____ From: Ralph Copleman [mailto:rcople...@comcast.net] Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 10:43 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Form, Function, and Reality I don't know anything about architecture, and I'm certainly not sure I know what makes open space work so well. But I have thought for a long time that in designing meetings we (facilitators) have sought a "form" (meeting technique) that most closely fits the way people operate ("function") in our most natural or organic mode. Of all the techniques I've tried, open space seems among the most real to me. You get as much theory and partially-cooked social science stuff as you possibly can out of the way and let people do what they will do. Spirit emerges and seems to take over. I believe this is what the universe has been intending ever since the big bang. Ralph -- Ralph Copleman The Earth Center in the Delaware Watershed, Inc. 44 Titus Avenue Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 609-895-1629 Powered by Wind Energy * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist