RAFFI ET AL, > What space isthere, if any, for the facilitator's expression of > (verbal) aggression/violence in the context of an OST meeting? NONE!!!!!! > Another way of framing this question is that I am a very expressive > person and I don't want to feel like I have to stifle my expression > as an OST facilitator. Can words like "fuck", "shit", "bitch" be used > to create a climate of Open Space? Has anyone had experience in using > such words in opening and holding an OST climate? I know the "oh > shit" story, are there any "oh, fuck" stories? I THINK I WROTE MOST OF THE FOUR LETTER VOCABULARY YOU REFERENCE HERE. IN OST PRACTICE I HAVE "NEVER" (TO MY SURPRISE) USE ONE OF THOSE WORDS.
> One thought that comes to me is to acknowledge it and then use one of > my personal strengths-- a love of play-- to just play with the > aggression, thereby creating a much more creative field around me > while in OS. BUT IT IS NOT ABOUT "ME". IT IS ABOUT "THEM", THOSE WE ARE TRUSTED TO OPEN SPACE FOR. FOCUSING ON "THEM" THROUGH CONSTANT RE-READING OF THE "USERS GUIDE" IS WHAT BRINGS ME INTO A "STATE OF OPEN SPACE" FREE FROM THE EXPRESSIVE, NORMALLY PROFANE, "ME". THE "USERS GUIDE" IS MY ZEN AND MANTRA POINT...TRY IT (DAILY IF NEEDED) IT WORKS FOR ME...IT ALWAYS WORKS! BE WELL, Elwin Guild Future Development International Baltimore elwinandj...@yahoo.com * * ========================================================== 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
