peggy said: "I always had the sense that anything could happen when Florian was around. He will be missed."
yes! -- Michael Herman Michael Herman Associates http://MichaelHerman.com http://OpenSpaceWorld.org On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Peggy Holman via OSList < oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > Like Chris, I fell in love with Florian the first time I met him. It was > at OSonOS in Berlin in 2000. Among his many gifts, he was a poet. I turned > a pamphlet he created of his poems > <http://peggyholman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Florians-Poems.pdf> about > Open Space into a pdf. He called it "Weying in Open Space". He coined the > term weying to speak of identity grounded in “we”. From a paper he wrote: > > * When boundaries connect as well as separate, then it is not a matter of > here and there, not of we and you, but rather a matter of the distinction > within the unit, it is a matter of unity in the network of complex > structures.* > > One thing that impressed me about Florian was his learning more English so > that he could participate more in the Open Space community. I saw him at > several OSonOS gatherings, including Vancouver, BC in 2001 and at the > “Svenmark OSOnOS (Sweden/Denmark), where these pictures were taken in 2003: > http://peggyholman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Florian.jpg > > > http://peggyholman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Florian-at-OSonOS-DenmarkDSCN3727.jpg > > > I always had the sense that anything could happen when Florian was around. > He will be missed. > > Appreciatively, > Peggy > > > > > _________________________________ > Peggy Holman > Executive Director > Journalism that Matters > 15347 SE 49th Place > Bellevue, WA 98006 > 425-746-6274 > www.journalismthatmatters.net > www.peggyholman.com > Twitter: @peggyholman > JTM Twitter: @JTMStream > > Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into > Opportunity <http://www.engagingemergence.com> > Check out my series on what's emerging in the news & information ecosystem > <http://www.journalismthatmatters.net/the_emerging_news_and_information_eco_system> > > > > > > > > > On Oct 30, 2015, at 9:35 AM, doug via OSList < > oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > > Oh, no. > > A great spirit was he. > > :- Doug. > > On 10/29/2015 06:58 PM, Catherine Pfaehler via OSList wrote: > > Dear Open Space family > > Upon my return home tonight, I found a letter in the mail. > > „on sunday evening october 18th, florian has sunk back into the secret > of life. he departed decidedly, has spread his wings powerfully for his > last journey. – we live on a little bit and will then come too. until > then, he will stay in our hearts forever.“ > > His family has sent a beautiful card with texts from florian. The one on > the front side reads: > > „beginning > > over is over > > in the beginning there was no end. > > so it was decided, > > that beginning shall follow beginning, > > forever. > > over-is-over since means: > > give space to new beginning.“ > > On the back side of the card, I read „today, his family and closest > friends have said good-bye to florian, full of gratitude, on the > evangelic cemetery of alt-schöneberg, berlin.“ > > With fond memories of florian who, with katharina and shirin, > magnificently held space for us when we visited them in Rodalquilar in > October 2007 full of sadness and shock as we had just received the news > of the death of my daughters and their father and spouse, and who was my > coach in my first big Open Space… Fare well, my dear friend! > > Catherine > > PS: If you want to send a card, the address of katharina’s and florian’s > home is now: Katharina Fischer-Möcklinghoff, Münchener Strasse 6, D – > 10775 Berlin > > Catherine Pfaehler > > lic.oec.HSG > > Open Space Begleitung > > Burckhardtstrasse 2 > > CH - 3008 Bern > > Telefon +41-(0)31 - 536 05 31 > > Mobile +41-(0)76 - 488 15 46 > > c.pfaeh...@open-space-begleitung.ch > > www.open-space-begleitung.ch <http://www.open-space-begleitung.ch> > > Le Livre Blanc sur le Forum Ouvert est le fruit de la collaboration de > 10 facilitateurs du monde entier. 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