Harrison, You started this thread a while back and a rather simple (and old) answer came to me this morning.
Since this message is brought to you by the letter "s," it is broken down into two parts, one serious, one silly. The serious is but a repetition/paraphrasing (I think) of what you (and imagine many others) have said, Harrison. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>serious part begin here<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Whereever we are as humans, whatever our capabilities (in all four senses- mental, physical, emotional, spiritual), we are always muddling through and that is wonderful. It is very hard to say where exactly we are going; form is always reforming/transforming, essence is always evolving. Since 1985, however, when a certain trickster raven imbibed two martinis, an invitation was born: an invitation for something so big, yet so subtle that we probably cannot put it into words. One phrasing of that invitation is that we can choose to muddle through consciously now, to do it in open space. That's the best we can do as humans at this time. >>>>>>>>>>>>>serious part end here/silly part begin here<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< One of the things that happens in OST meetings is the possibility of high learning and high play. If we are to take the notion of high play to one logical conclusion, then we might choose to talk not of Large Group Intervention Tools but of Large Group Intervention Toys. In other words, use of these LGIT's- or at least OST- is accessible to just about anyone. Transformation of consciousness through play. Serious rethinking as to who/what constitutes a professional. I wish for a periodical on the application of OST and other LGIT's called "Tales of a Toy." >>>>>>>>>>>>>silly part end here<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< raffi (today's sponsor of the letter "s") * * ========================================================== 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
