Hi Chris,
Interesting response, you got me thinking... Actually, at our recent open space there was a Kookaburra which kept appearing... The Story The Aboriginal myth is that there was a God named Yindingie who was the maker of all animals and birds. At the commencement of time when Yindingie was making the birds, they were not willing to learn, and seemed to be very hard to please, not like the other animals, fish and insects. Some of the birds were content to practice their songs while building their nests, but others would quarrel with their neighbours over any little thing. One of the birds, the Kookaburra were originally never happy. Although he was very good looking bird with a very strong beak and wonderful eyesight, he was upset he was not born with a very fine voice like the Magpie or Butcher-Bird. It was at this time a few of the other bush creatures were beginning to misbehave. Snake for instance, had decided that Frog would be good to eat, so he set off after him. Poor little Frog hopped away as fast as he could, but he knew Snake would catch him unless he could hid. He hid under the log. As Snake toured around the log, he saw movement in the grass and he pounced on the movement and held on. And that was when the Kookaburra burst out laughing! He laughed and Laughed, and soon the bush land was filled with a very merry sound. The rest of his family flew up, and when they found why Kookaburra was laughing, they too burst into laughter - for what had happened, Kookaburra had see the little Frog hop up onto the top of the stump and then down a hole in it. And all Snake had caught was his own tail wrapped around the log! And that's why the Kookaburra still laughs today. Funny thing how you mentioned they have all been birds... When looking into psychologies of people there have been surveys suggesting 4 types of animal-people metaphor: Eagle , Peacock, Dove & Owl The Eagle - Swift, aggressive "Ready-Fire" type The Peacock - Loves to show off The Dove - Cares much about harmony... Can't say no... The Owl - Calculating... "Ready-Aim-Aim-Aim-Aim....." Anyways, apparently a recent survey http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16443267-421,00.html# <http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16443267-421,00.html> has identified 4 key animals, but they weren't birds! :-) I wonder what our affinity with birds is for the psychology of our inner space... Cheers, Andrew -- Andrew Rixon B.Sc(hons) PhD Urban Water Infrastructure CSIRO- Manufacturing and Infrastructure Technology http://www.cmit.csiro.au P.O Box 56 (Graham Road), Highett, 3190, Victoria, Australia Tel: +61 3 9252 6363 Fax:+ 61 3 9252 6249 Mobile: 0400 352 809 Email: andrew.ri...@csiro.au -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Chris Corrigan Sent: Saturday, 27 August 2005 7:58 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: Animals in the open space I have actually had many experiences of real life animals in Open Space, and they have all been birds. I have had eagles soar around, through and past our gathering places (even twice in the heart of the city), I have had birds trapped in buildings where we were opening space, and lots of times birds stop by in unusual poses. Once during a closing circle, a gull alighted on a window ledge and peered in. Every time someone finished speaking, the gull laughed. By the time we had heard from all thirty people in the room, we were in hysterics. The gull left after the circle. Chris On 8/26/05, Erich Kolenaty <erich.kolen...@utanet.at> wrote: Hi Andrew, have lots of fun with animals in open space and create as many as you want! But maybe, lets say once a year, I would ask you to remember 1. there are still no kangoroohs in Austria 2. there are no animals in open space. Its only humans, watching other humans behaviour and naming this bumblebee etc. Erich from lovely Vienna ----- Original Message ----- From: Andrew Rixon <mailto:andrew.ri...@csiro.au> To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 7:10 AM Subject: Animals in the open space Dear All, For some fun, I've been thinking about the animals in open space. I know there are bumble bees, butterflies, giraffes and worms. 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