Dear Joelle, Barry, Harrison, and all, Thank you for your replies. And I appreciate hearing, Joelle, the value of the User's Guide, too <smile>.
Barry, your story touched me deeply. I had heard bits and pieces of what you shared in your last post before. Can't help wondering what came of the idea to create a physical Open Space Institute. Harrison, yes, the Two Martini tale will stay on...*and* "Spirit" tells another story of OST, too! Heck, the "Spirit" book refers to a "halfway technology." So, it makes me wonder that when you talk about an Indian colleague pinning on the word "technology" might it have been just a wee bit disingenuous to want to hit him with a hard object...as you tell the story. One of my favorite quotes from the book- "There is use in crying over spilled milk...especially if that milk is your whole life!" No, I don't see "Spirit" offering an understanding of the deeper essence antithetical to selforganization, it just enriches it. "Spirit" simply invites another explanation of understanding OST/OS, without necessarily considering selforganization. I am inclined to think that "Spirit" has *much* to do with OST because if you read the case examples from your apparently pre-OST experience, you will see many elements of both the method's form and essence throughout. An additional challenge in reading "Spirit" is deciphering the white spaces between the lines and in the margins... warmly, raffi * * ========================================================== 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