Journalists in OS

2002-01-19 Thread Averbuch
Alan, thanks for sharing you experience, it gave a first perspective to my "paranoia" Winston and Lisa, your questions and your guidance make perfect sense to me. I will work to meet the journalist and do both: try to enrollee her as a participant and at the same time do best I cam to suppor

Re: Notes from a one day OST meeting

2002-01-19 Thread Laurel and Rick
Hi Chris, I needed to wait until I had the energy to read your posting carefully and give it some thought. As you know, I've worked in our province in healthcare and have done OST extensively in that mileau. The first thing that struck me was, "Oh, Chris has had a very TYPICAL OS experience in h

poem

2002-01-19 Thread Jim Metcalf
Creative Space Silence holds the open space In tension. Striving with its Own being, creative space Changes without changing as Silence grows and tension grows Until a word is spoken: Open space. Creative Space. Tension holds space open now – Talking tenses listening now. Will listeners take two f

Re: Notes from a one day OST meeting

2002-01-19 Thread Joelle Lyons Everett
Laurel-- What you say sure resonates with my short tour of duty in BC health care (and it is not so different from US health care organizations). One friend in Vancouver, a very creative engineer, said that in his experience, hospitals were the only client tougher than engineers. I think you are

Re: Journalists in OS

2002-01-19 Thread Chris Weaver
Hi Tova, I have no experience with facilitating an OST that is politically high-profile and mainstream-news-worthy, and I have only had a journalist at an OST one time. But after reading Lisa and Winston's comments, I find myself wondering if the process of invitation, principles, and law doesn't

Life and Breath (a poem)

2002-01-19 Thread Julie Smith
I peace lily inhales young eagle considers flight Creation watches wizard nods his head soft green tendrils rise from dust all life tugs forward painted moon peers down wind quiets --- to a whisper One silently waits glass dragonfly – soars? paradox of captured flight flying y