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Karolina - thank you for raising this. It was so helpful for me to hear
you speak at the Berlin WOSonOS reception about the power of being able
to be "down". It is certain that being depressed, disappointed, and
discouraged are not comfortable emotions but maybe the lesson there is
needed before evolution can proceed. It's that "Oh shit" moment that
Harrison talks about. I'm grateful that you are bringing that
conversation at the reception to a wider circle with your note. After the event, some of the most energetic conversations I was a part of or encountered were certainly not those that I think would be blessed by Appreciative Inquiry - they were conversations about disappointments and dissatisfaction. Perhaps we need to engage in these questions more deeply. Maybe they are AFLO (Another Freaking Learning Opportunity), not necessarily fun but often the most powerful. What is the Open Space lore about this? Surely as Waverider talks about grieving, there must be collective wisdom here? I missed the "cleaning up Open Space messes" session. Do we have some cleaning to do ourselves? I wonder how would we engage these questions without blame, but with a sense of full responsibility for the outcomes we produced in Berlin, and which the larger community that could not all be present helped support. What do I/we need to learn? I do wonder about the power of facing outwards at the end. I saw it happen once in Jutte's video about Open Space after the closing circle. I wonder what other elements we most need to support and encourage. And you raise a powerful question about how to reduce the cost. I believe that the Access Queen project is a powerful one to help address that - but I wonder if there are more powerful and profound questions that we are missing about how to reduce the cost. And how ready are we to face those questions? Harrison Owen raised some weeks ago the question of the spectre of professionalism. Good facilitation is so important that it deserves to be well compensated but even without certification boards has a subconscious barrier to entry arisen that is slowing the impact that our community could be making? I can't help but wonder, and there was even a session that mentioned taking Open Space to the streets - I wonder if we can find a way to generate even more diversity, income and otherwise - so that we can push Open Space to the teleological breaking point - to it's next evolutionary stage. Karolina, I'm not so comfortable with engaging with being down, it's hard. I find myself almost manic thinking of all the projects and pieces to do, and wishing at all costs to avoid going deeper into the sore places. I guess I'm in the denial stage a great deal. For me, the event was so powerful and life changing that I could simple work on what I know how to do - opening more spaces in Montana, publishing video and pictures from the event and from my own Missoula BarCamp, etc. I too want to face outwards and grow this amazing community, evangelize, open spaces. But I sense we need to follow what you are encouraging. I hope you will say more. It seems you encourage us to face outwards, and I hope that I'm not missing your point too badly, as it seems it might be valuable to face inwards a bit despite the resistance - to help us learn. Is there a little more inward facing we need to do? Thanks for the invitation to inquire! On 5/17/10 6:46 PM, Karolina Iwa wrote: coming back home from the wosonos made me sad. * * ========================================================== 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 |
