[OSList] florian fischer has passed away

2015-11-01 Thread Catherine Pfaehler via OSList 
Dear All

Florian's clarity had impressend me through his posts to oslist. I became
curious about who this person was and wrote to him off-list, which
established our contact sometime in 2004. 

Then there was a time when I was no longer subscribed to OSLIST because of
too little time for reading. During this time, he forwarded Roger's email
that he was looking for somebody in Switzerland who could facilitate an OS
gathering both in German and French - Roger had been introduced to OST by
Lisa in Singapore shortly before and wanted to use it in his work. Florian
asked me if this was not something I would like to consider. I answered
"only if you help". So the two of us met Roger in Basel and received the
task to organize a bilingual week-end in Open Space in Switzerland, my first
paid OS facilitation. Florian required that I do the front work; he was my
patient backup for all the many questions I had, and we had agreed to split
the money we would receive. This was a very empowering way to allow me to
become an OS facilitator. 

We had later agreed that he would be the German speaking facilitator for the
event and I would do the French part. Two days before the event in July
2005, Florian wrote to me that he couldn't be present because of a serious
health issue. After a moment of fear, I thought "well, the Universe believes
I can do this without Florian, so I better believe this too..." and informed
Roger. Florian had already contacted Wolfgang asking if he would do the
German speaking part as my assistent. It was a rich and very full three days
- I didn't only do the necessary OST announcements, but had to translate the
many announcements of workshops by participants. I was exhausted afterwards,
but as always, it worked out perfectly well, empowering not only the
participants in a very difficult theme, but myself as well...

In October 2007, my then husband Stefan and I had booked a week in the
beautiful cottages of Florian, Katharina and Shirin in Rodalquilar,
Andalucia (Casas Eva, www.rodalquilar.com). The day before we were scheduled
to arrive there, we received the shocking news that my daughters, their
father and spouse had died in Thailand (I had posted about this to oslist
then, as the Open Space principles were utterly helpful for me then once
more...). Florian, his wife Katharina and their daughter Shirin were there
to receive us despite of everything, offering their internet and telephone
connection for the necessary actions and holding space for us in a most
beautiful, supportive way, cooking for us, seeing to it that we slept enough
- being totally present and totally invisible at the same time, as we all
strive to be when holding space.

Life has allowed us to be in touch lightly yet intensely, to be witnesses of
essential moments in each other's lives, and to honour who the other was.
What a gift...

Gratefully, Catherine 


Catherine Pfaehler
lic.oec.HSG
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Burckhardtstrasse 2
CH - 3008 Bern
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Re: [OSList] florian fischer has passed away

2015-11-01 Thread Brendan McKeague via OSList 
Two days ago, a beautiful butterfly landed on my shoulder 

And shared its transforming presence with me

Today we planted a butterfly bush in our garden

This evening I caught up with my emails

Forian flutters far and near

With grateful thanks for his wonderful gifts 

Brendan 
in Western Australia



On 31/10/2015, at 3:19 AM, Koos de Heer via OSList wrote:

> Thank you Peggy for reminding me. I was there too in Berlin in 2000 and at 
> the Swenmark gathering in 2003. I remember Florian as a very gentle and at 
> the same time very dedicated person. And also very creative. He could 
> challenge my assumptions in a way that was very inspiring and at the same 
> time a bit unsettling. I guess that is the way it should be. 
> 
> Not having seen him for over 10 years I can't say that I miss him, but I 
> celebrate his life and I cherish the memories. 
> 
> Koos
> 
> Op 30 okt. 2015 om 18:43 heeft Peggy Holman via OSList 
>  het volgende geschreven:
> 
>> 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 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
>> Check out my series on what's emerging in the news & information ecosystem
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Oct 30, 2015, at 9:35 AM, doug via OSList 
>>>  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 
 
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[OSList] florian fischer has passed away

2015-11-01 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList 
My goodness! So unexpected! I remember meeting him in a training led by Marv 
and Sandra in 2003 in Potsdam, if I'm not mistaken.
I was taken by his playfulness and poetry. And I remember thinking, "Gosh, I'd 
love to have that sense of lightness, open-heartedness, presence, and play when 
I'm his age."
What a gift he is/was to the world.
Florian offered the poem/reflection for Living Peace in 2007.
Raffi 
Living peace 

Florian Fischer 



There is a special space 

where I'm studying peace, 

studying almost permanently, 

how to welcome peace, how to practice peace, 

how to hold peace, how to live peace: 

It is the space between 

»This is what I intended - but this is what happened*. 

An interval, a void, a break, a silence. 

It is the difference between frustration and acceptance, 

it is the way from No to Yes - and from Yes to No, 

it is the insight, that imagination, 

not only sometimes but every time, 

switches to illusion in the moment of realisation, 

it is the deep breathe before agreeing the change, 

and when it seems another person is changing my mind, 

it is the space to transform 

my ill humor about dependance into humbleness 

to see that they themselves are not less dependent. 

Sometimes it is the waiting-room 

to host a thrilling idea from conception to birth, 

sometimes it is an open space where a fear disappears 

and something dissolves just like that. 

In any case it is the playground between my own self 

and the self which is working on self-organization. 

It is all only about my inner peace, 

my only possible contribution to peace in the world. 

Rodalquilar, 30.12.2007 

**There is a societal ill that Pindostani civilization is loathe to 
acknowledge. It is far more dangerous than hubris. We call it false immodesty. 
>From The Pindostani Primer: Celebrating Being Amerikan as a Generative 
>Pejorative. By Imam Aftandollah the Overimpressive
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Re: [OSList] florian fischer has passed away

2015-10-30 Thread Eva P Svensson via OSList 
Oh what sad news, my thoughts to Florian in his heaven and his family
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> 30 okt 2015 kl. 00:44 skrev Chris Corrigan via OSList 
> :
> 
> Oh my gosh.  This is heartbreaking.
> 
> What an incredible and beautiful soul that man was.  He was the artist and 
> the sensitive heart of our OS community for a long time, fluttering on the 
> margins and occasionally releasing sprays of beauty and colour into our 
> midst.  I met him only once, and loved him from that moment (and maybe 
> before).  We traded poews and books, offered from the marginal space of the 
> self-created poetry of open space. 
> 
> florian was for me always more spirit than human…and now he is all spirit.
> 
> I am in the very midst of holding space for 34 social service leaders, and I 
> read this.  And my closing will be devoted to him.  It will be silence, a 
> time to reflect on all who bring our lives and work the aesthetic quality 
> that makes it all worth doing.  
> 
> Fly, florian, you gentle butterfly.  Thank you for alighting on my finger for 
> a while.   
> 
> Chris 
> 
> 
>> On Oct 29, 2015, at 3:58 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 
>>  
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Re: [OSList] florian fischer has passed away

2015-10-30 Thread doug via OSList 

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 

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Re: [OSList] florian fischer has passed away

2015-10-30 Thread Lisa Heft - via OSList 
Thank you, dear Catherine, for letting us know. 

Flo…..w onward
ri…..ght into the known unknown
an…..d fly, dear butterfly.

Reflectively, with tears and smiles,

Lisa


Lisa Heft
Consultant, Facilitator, Educator
Opening Space



On Oct 29, 2015, at 3:58 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.“
>  






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Re: [OSList] florian fischer has passed away

2015-10-30 Thread Koos de Heer via OSList 
Thank you Peggy for reminding me. I was there too in Berlin in 2000 and at the 
Swenmark gathering in 2003. I remember Florian as a very gentle and at the same 
time very dedicated person. And also very creative. He could challenge my 
assumptions in a way that was very inspiring and at the same time a bit 
unsettling. I guess that is the way it should be. 

Not having seen him for over 10 years I can't say that I miss him, but I 
celebrate his life and I cherish the memories. 

Koos

> Op 30 okt. 2015 om 18:43 heeft Peggy Holman via OSList 
>  het volgende geschreven:
> 
> 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 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
> Check out my series on what's emerging in the news & information ecosystem
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Oct 30, 2015, at 9:35 AM, doug via OSList 
>>  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 
>>> 
>>> Le Livre Blanc sur le Forum Ouvert est le fruit de la collaboration de
>>> 10 facilitateurs du monde entier. Téléchargement gratuit sur
>>> www.forum-ouvert.fr 
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: [OSList] florian fischer has passed away

2015-10-30 Thread Peggy Holman via OSList 
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 
 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




_
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Executive Director
Journalism that Matters
15347 SE 49th Place
Bellevue, WA  98006
425-746-6274
www.journalismthatmatters.net
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> On Oct 30, 2015, at 9:35 AM, doug via OSList  
> 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  
>> >
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Re: [OSList] florian fischer has passed away

2015-10-30 Thread Michael Herman via OSList 
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
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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
>  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
>
>
>
>
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> 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
>
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[OSList] florian fischer has passed away

2015-10-29 Thread Catherine Pfaehler via OSList 
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



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Re: [OSList] florian fischer has passed away

2015-10-29 Thread Alan Stewart via OSList 
Dear Catherine and All


Sad new that Florian is no longer with us and yet great celebration of who
he was and what he contributed to our Open Space community.


I loved his posts on the list, invariably poetic, ‘quirky ‘and deep.


One such contained:


nur umwege fuehren zur loesung -



  only detours lead to a solution -



es gibt nur umwege -



  there is nothing but detours -



alle wege fuehren zu einer loesung



  every road leads to a solution -



es gibt nur eine loesung -



  there is only one solution -



jede loesung führt zu einer weiteren loesung -



  every solution leads to a following one -





Florian and I met only once and briefly when I stayed overnight at his home
in Berlin in 2004. What a memorable time he, Katharina and I had savouring
the cafes – one on a boat – and music on that balmy spring evening. See
photo attached.


We corresponded periodically, joyfully and I regarded him as a close
friend.


A lovely, lively spirit was our mate Florian.


Looking forward


Alan

Adelaide




















On 30 October 2015 at 09:28, Catherine Pfaehler via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> 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
>
>
>
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Re: [OSList] florian fischer has passed away

2015-10-29 Thread Chris Corrigan via OSList 
Oh my gosh.  This is heartbreaking.

What an incredible and beautiful soul that man was.  He was the artist and the 
sensitive heart of our OS community for a long time, fluttering on the margins 
and occasionally releasing sprays of beauty and colour into our midst.  I met 
him only once, and loved him from that moment (and maybe before).  We traded 
poews and books, offered from the marginal space of the self-created poetry of 
open space. 

florian was for me always more spirit than human…and now he is all spirit.

I am in the very midst of holding space for 34 social service leaders, and I 
read this.  And my closing will be devoted to him.  It will be silence, a time 
to reflect on all who bring our lives and work the aesthetic quality that makes 
it all worth doing.  

Fly, florian, you gentle butterfly.  Thank you for alighting on my finger for a 
while.   

Chris 


> On Oct 29, 2015, at 3:58 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 
> 
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