Thank you Christine. You have always been a warm glowing light in this community, there to give me a big hug when I facilitated my first Open Space at Ions in Tucson and then such an example of holding space for open space on the OSI Institute US where I got to know you.
I learned a lot from you and what a lovely reminder to know all who are lurkers on this list, being part of these conversations in their own very special way. Suzanne On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 1:08 AM, Christine Whitney Sanchez < christ...@innovationpartners.com> wrote: > Doug, Suzanne, Harrison and all, > > I find it interesting that a few weeks before Doug started this > conversation, a parallel conversation about using Appreciative Inquiry with > people with memory loss has been taking place on the AI Listserv. > > And I find it heartening to simply hear your voices via this wonderful > list. I’ve been a butterfly for quite a while but I am in the space with > you. > > Namasté, > > Christine > > Christine Whitney Sanchez, Partner > Innovation Partners International > Phoenix, AZ, USA +1.480.759.0262 > www.innovationpartners.com > > On Nov 14, 2013, at 7:50 PM, doug <o...@footprintsinthewind.com> wrote: > > Suzanne and Harrison-- > > Thanks Harrison and Suzanne. What I picture from what you have each > written is opening space in an even more open manner. Lisa-style, without > words perhaps, just inviting with eyes and hugs and music or humming or > pictures or dancing with your hands.... > > :- Doug. > > > > > On 11/14/2013 03:09 PM, Suzanne Daigle wrote: > > Well Harrison... I guess I will need to reflect on that...or not so > much. Funny how when it gets real close, like really close, we do a lot > to eliminate the pain (for a mom, a child or whoever) and pain there was > when spaces around mom felt really closed and conversations seemed more > like interrogations. > > Open Space was never like that for me so... I will open myself up and > tell myself that whatever I did to make some of the hurt go away was not > controlling or wrong, it was simply Life and Open Space. And I guess > that's the point that I'm getting right now. > > So Doug, perhaps what I can imagine now through and with Open Space is > that more and more people would have opportunity to be with each other > in the way that Open Space invites us to be with each other. And there > would be much that would be good that would happen -- loving connections > with new insights I imagine. > > Like wow, I can feel a few knots in my stomach feeling myself shift a > belief that I was so certain about. > > Thank you for this rich insight Harrison. But I do still have those > knots in my stomach thinking about it. > > Suzanne > > > > > On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Harrison Owen <hho...@verizon.net > <mailto:hho...@verizon.net <hho...@verizon.net>>> wrote: > > Doug -- I've been a little slow to respond to this one. Slowness > seems to > come with advancing years. To your question -- OS for folks with > Dementia? > Why not? > > If nothing else that population of folks would probably include just > about > everybody over 65. Of course, Dementia comes in a variety of flavors > from > mild to horrific, but those of us of a certain age have more than a > little > existential experience with the critter. It is a little upsetting, > sometimes. The name of your best friend which evaporated. Those lost > eyeglasses that you suddenly find on your nose. Finding yourself > standing in > the middle of a familiar room with absolutely no idea about why you were > there, and what on earth you came to do. It happens. Been there... > > So, OS for Dementia? Certainly, unless of course those of us so > afflicted > have suddenly been excluded from the sacred circle of Homo sapiens. And > actually, I don't really think there is much choice. Fact is (I > find), all > the world is self organizing (open space) and life goes better for > those who > have learned, in one way or another, to navigate that world. Life gets > clunky, closed and (more) painful when we make the mistake of > thinking we > are actually in charge. I think this is true for all of us, but for > those of > us with diminished(ing) mental capacity there are some special traps > along > the way. > > For example, take the situation of the forgotten name. We can sit > there and > agonize over the lapse of memory. We can beat on ourselves for being so > forgetful. We can remember (oh yes, we do remember some things!) how the > proper name just sprang instantly to mind... > > With a little effort we can feel totally miserable, and our misery is > compounded by the fact that the harder we try to remember, the more > distant > that elusive name seems to become. But there is a solution -- Just > let it > go! More often than not, once we let go, the all important name > miraculously > appears. And if it doesn't... A smile is often better than proper > nomenclature. > > A little Open Space is good for just about everything and everybody. > And I > have to admit that I have forgotten all the things it isn't good for. > > > Harrison > > Harrison Owen > 7808 River Falls Dr. > Potomac, MD 20854 > USA > > 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) > Camden, Maine 04843 > > Phone 301-365-2093 <tel:301-365-2093> > (summer) 207-763-3261 <tel:207-763-3261> > > www.openspaceworld.com <http://www.openspaceworld.com> > www.ho-image.com <http://www.ho-image.com> (Personal Website) > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > OSLIST > Go > to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > -----Original Message----- > From: oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org > > <mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org<oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org> > > > > [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org<oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org> > > <mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org<oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org>>] > On Behalf Of doug > Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 11:10 AM > To: World wide Open Space Technology email list > Subject: [OSList] OS for Dementia? > > Friends-- > > Have been thinking that a population OST could serve in a major good > way is > among people who have dementia. How? > > Perhaps we have a mixed group of people with dementia living in a > congregate > housing setting and teenagers. We gather them in a circle and do the > normal > things. The teenagers could help the oldsters remember the > instructions and > post topics. The title could be "Issues and Opportunities with Growing > Younger Every Day." > > How, if at all, would you change the normal format of OST for this > group? > What other mixture of people would you invite? What other titles? > > Perhaps we could get family members to gather with them around the topic > "Issues and Opportunities to Still Be Family" or "Meet Me Here Today." > > I wonder.... I invite you to wonder with me.... > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > <mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org <OSList@lists.openspacetech.org>> > To unsubscribe send an > email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > > <mailto:oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org<oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org> > > > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > <mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org <OSList@lists.openspacetech.org> > > > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > > <mailto:oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org<oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org> > > > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > > > > -- > Suzanne Daigle > Open Space Facilitator > NuFocus Strategic Group > > FL 941-359-8877 > Cell: 203-722-2009 > www.nufocusgroup.com <http://www.nufocusgroup.com> > s.dai...@nufocusgroup.com > <mailto:s.dai...@nufocusgroup.com<s.dai...@nufocusgroup.com> > > > twitter @suzannedaigle > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > -- Suzanne Daigle Open Space Facilitator NuFocus Strategic Group FL 941-359-8877 Cell: 203-722-2009 www.nufocusgroup.com s.dai...@nufocusgroup.com twitter @suzannedaigle
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