Walking the circle - outside

Bernd Weber weberb at gmx.at
Sat Jan 18 04:07:54 PST 2003


Erich,

very interesting indeed!

So it has a lot to do with the human capacity and willingness to make mental projections, would you agree, or is that, what you mean?

So perhaps we could learn more from tibetan Buddhism about WHY and HOW Open Space works?

Bernd

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On Sat, 18 Jan 2003 11:50:32 +0100, Erich Kolenaty wrote:
>Dear all,
>
>I want to report a remarkable experience I made this week. I opened
>a space for a new establishing network of artists, scientists and
>media people ( called "emergence of projects") here in Vienna.
>Around 25 people appeared, in the expactation of getting new ideas,
>contacts and inspiration from each other.
>The idea was, to meet every two months- and whoever comes, is the
>right person.
>
>The starting session took place in the lounge of an artmuseum, who
>gave the location and the beverages for free. Nice place actually,
>but when I arrived there, I noticed, that the the main room for the
>session was nearly filled up with one huge table and about 20 chairs
>around it (and some very usefull sitting groups for the workshops in
>an additional room).
>
>No chance to remove the table, no circle at all!!!!
>
>Well, we had to start with some introducing proceedings, because the
>people did not know each other and were very interested in who else
>had followed the invitation and what meanings "emergence of
>projects" could have to them.
>That was the easy part.
>
>But how to open a space and walk the circle if there is no circle?
>For one second I thought about walking the table, but that's too
>freaky, indeed..
>
>So I decided to give to me and everybody else the imagination, there
>IS a circle and walk it - outside. And surprise, surprise, it worked
>perfectly.
>Though I always was in the back of somebody, I felt the space open
>up.
>I defined a spot at the front of the table as the point to write
>down the topics, people walked up and it worked like Open Space
>usually does.
>
>My conclusion: Open  Space works even under irregular conditions, as
>long as people get inspired and feel passion and responsibility.
>
>Greetings from lovely Vienna.
>Erich
>
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