Animals in the open space

Dear All, For some fun, I've been thinking about the animals in open space. I know there are bumble bees, butterflies, giraffes and worms. Recently at an open space, one of the participants suggested the Woodpecker:- someone who comes to sessions and has short productive bursts of conve

Re: Animals in the open space

Hi Andrew, have lots of fun with animals in open space and create as many as you want! But maybe, lets say once a year, I would ask you to remember 1. there are still no kangoroohs in Austria 2. there are no animals in open space. Its only humans, watching other humans behaviour and naming this

Re: Self and Meta-Self / Individual and Community

I am very new to this list and also to open space..but I find the kind of discussion you are having very interesting and I like the respect and esteem you seem to have for one another. To me, one of the interesting things of Open Space seems to be that it brings the sense of togetherness in a world

Re: OST in Italy?

Ciao Valentina, this is Gerardo. What is going on in Italy (from what I know) on Open Space at the moment? 1. The open space community is growing in Italy, and as Michael has written following last year Harrison Owens' course in Florence we have started the openspaceword.org pages in Italian and a

AW: OST in Italy?

Ciao Valentina, Some weeks ago my wife and partner Dr. Marianna Stifel and me moved to Italy, with our cats and our studio. What we do? We make protocolli visuali in the fields of business and community work. We draw images by hand to foster information, communication and motivation wherever pe

Invitation to all open space people in the New York City area

Dear friends and collagues, the 5th of September is coming closer - which is not only labor day but also the first monday in an odd month - and therefore it is THE date for the regional OPEN SPACE STAMMTISCH meeting. You don't know what a "stammtisch" is or you don't know me? Go to http://www.

PS: Invitation to all open space people in the New York City area

My former invitation included mixed dates. Of course the invitation is ment for Sept 5th. (thanks to Maria R. Volpe for helping me clarify) * * *Dear friends and collagues,the 5th of September is coming closer - which is not only labor day but also the first monday in an odd month - and th

Re: Preferred dates for 14th annual OSonOS (Moscow)

My vote is for sometime in September. However, I recognize many people have families and children in school and that might not work for them. But Sept. is a great month in northern latitudes. Paul Everett * * == osl...@listserv.boisestat

Confession of Blessing

In the poetry session, I mentioned a Confession of Blessing that I had received and used in a service. Others were interested and so I thought I'd post it here: Below is a confession of blessing created by Jane Wolfe which she used in Gym Church. Jane thinks that we dwell on our sins and

Theme Conversation

I'm hoping that I can tap into some of the experience held on this list. Has anyone developed any conversation questions (or things to consider) to help a group develop a theme for their OS event? Also, is there a place that has sample compelling invitations to an OS that I could refer someone too?

An OS "critique" and response

My friend, Tom Atlee, sent me the attached doc, From Open Space...egral Space.doc, by Steve Banks. It struck me as so misinformed and error filled that I responded with Integral Open Space.doc. Thought you might find both the impressions of a neophyte and my response of interest. from sunny

Re: An OS "critique" and response

Hh, I notice the attachments aren't attached. Here are links instead: >From Steve Banks: >http://www.opencirclecompany.com/FromOpenSpaceToIntegralSpace.doc My response: http://www.opencirclecompany.com/IntegralOpenSpace.doc still sunny in Seattle, Peggy - Original Message -

Re: Animals in the open space

I have actually had many experiences of real life animals in Open Space, and they have all been birds. I have had eagles soar around, through and past our gathering places (even twice in the heart of the city), I have had birds trapped in buildings where we were opening space, and lots of times

Re: An OS "critique" and response

hi peggy, this response was very well articulated by you. clearly open space is 2t. steve banks demonstrates why i have turned away from spiral dynamics and wilber's integralism -- so many people use it to play the one-up game. basically all he did was make a straw dog of open space and criti

Re: Theme Conversation

Hi Don, I tend to send folks to Michael Herman's website (www.michaelherman.com / www.globalchicago.net), an amazing repository of practical info on OS and beyond. For invitation info in particular, here's a link: http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/InvitationWriti ng. Hope

Re: An OS "critique" and response

Hi Peggy, Lovely to see your name pop up in my inbox. I seem to have missed the attachment, and would be interested. Would you please resend? Thanks much, Karen Karen Sella www.luminacoaching.com 206.780.2998 -Original Message- From: OSLIST [

Re: An OS "critique" and response

A, thanks :-) k -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Peggy Holman Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 2:55 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: An OS "critique" and response Hh, I notice the attachments aren't attached. He

Re: An OS "critique" and response

Brilliant, Peggy! Thank you for taking the time to respond so generously and graciously to Steve Banks. I completely agree with you. For some time, I have offered the perspective that OS is "2nd-tier"---the principles of OS transcending and including all the potential 1st-tier interactions

Re: Animals in the open space

during one of the closing circles here at the Shire, a common night hawk circled above us for quite a while...we had gathered around the fire and it felt like our circle was blessed by the hawk, very magical! :) filiz Chris Corrigan wrote: I have actually had many experiences of real life ani

Opening a wild space

I wanted to share my blog entry from today on this week¹s Open Space with a very hostile community group. So this week I facilitated community meetings in my neighborhood aimed at authentic community engagement around a housing development proposal. The context: the most demo

Re: An OS "critique" and response

I echo Tim Weidman's response to Peggy's posts. I remind this list that Wilber's spin on Spiral Dynamics significantly distorts the Spiral Dynamics model. Wilber has done a disservice to the great work embedded in Spiral Dynamics by getting so many of his followers to denigrate the green meme. I

Re: An OS "critique" and response

Hi Tree, Although I can appreciate the sentiments expressed in your response to SD/Integral folks who are too simplistic/generalist and smug in their use of Integral/SDi developmental theories, as someone who appreciates and participates in the Integral and SDi communities, as well as OS, I want t

Re: Opening a wild space

".the space where no one can control anything and everyone gains everything." Lovely description.thanks for sharing your experience. Warm regards, Karen Karen Sella www.luminacoaching.com 206.780.2998 -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl.

Re: Animals in the open space

At the "OT" conference at The Evergreen State College several years ago, I learned that animals are hanging all around the space, waiting to be invited in. Or at least their voices can be spoken through us, if we are willing.   I went on long walks through the forest to the shore of the sound an

Re: An OS "critique" and response

i would love to know what group methods these int/sd community members consider 2t On Aug 26, 2005, at 5:55 PM, Karen Sella wrote: Brilliant, Peggy!    Thank you for taking the time to respond so generously and graciously to Steve Banks.  I completely agree with you.    For some time, I hav

Re: An OS "critique" and response

I would too! Although I realize that many folks consider 2t to be flourishing in their circles, as I recently wrote to a friend: "Right now, it often seems that “second-tier” is merely a seed that may or may not have the conditions for existence, but it’s a seed worth planting and cultivating as