Open Space Rap

[Toke Paludan Møller]

Hi all rapping open spacers and to Tim the student of rap and open 
doors to many more spaces...

It works
it raps
it touches the corners
it swings
and rocks
and speaks
of new spaces
to open
to learn
to be
and rap
some
more

thanks for the newness and courage of this, tim

- toke




torsdag 26. jun 2003 kl. 11:58 skrev Tim Merry - Engage!:

> Dear OS Listers
>  
> Recently at Shamabhala Institute in Canada, Nova Scotia, I wrote a rap 
> to introduce open space.
>  
> Toke Moller and Marianne Knuth invited me into their module on 
> convening conversations and the art of hosting to offer it to thier 
> group. It was well recieved and has given me the inspiration to offer 
> it here! Below is a copy of the rap ... have pics of the shambhala 
> reading if you're interested ...
>  
> I would love any feedback, additions, changes, break beats to put 
> under it, recording contracts ...
>  
> Enjoy ...
>  
> Tim (tim at engage.nu)
>  
> The Open Space Rap
>
>  
>
> Welcome to Open Space,
>
> This is the place
>
> Of a new fashion,
>
> You get to organise
>
> Around your passion!
>
> The task:
>
> To ask
>
> ‘what really matters to me?’
>
> Then take responsibility
>
> Guided by our core question
>
> Which I am about to mention
>
>  
>
> READ CORE QUESTION
>
>  
>
> Let’s get this started
>
> ‘cause this train has already departed
>
> Here’s the first mind bender:
>
> We ain’t got no agenda!
>
> Yet ...
>
> But I’ll bet
>
> in 30 minutes or less
>
> No stress
>
> That wall will be full
>
> And choice will be the tension
>
> In a packed programme guided by our intention:
>
>  
>
> CORE QUESTION AGAIN (?)
>
>  
>
> How to do it?
>
> How to fly?
>
> Let me try and
>
> Clarify:
>
> If you got a workshop
>
> to offer to the question
>
> Head to the centre,
>
> Grab a pen and write the intention
>
> Or topic and your name,
>
> To give it some fame
>
> Announce it to us all,
>
> Then take a time a time and place
>
> And stick it to the wall.
>
> So simple
>
> No trouble atall.
>
>  
>
> But here’s another mind blaster:
>
> You do not have to be
>
> A master
>
> Expert
>
> Or Mentor.
>
> This here is a curious centre.
>
> If you know nothing
>
> and want to know more,
>
> Don’t hold or stop
>
> Host a workshop!
>
> It’s a sure
>
> cure
>
> To learn more.
>
>  
>
> Which brings me to the principles and one law:
>
>  
>
> ‘Whoever comes are the right people’
>
> to have around.
>
> They are the ones with the passion
>
> For the ground
>
> You are hoping to cover
>
> Everyone else is searching in the other
>
> Workshops
>
> Serving our core intention.
>
> We working together
>
> In sperate places,
>
> It’s a great invention!
>
> So, what happens if no-one comes?
>
> All alone.
>
> When was the last time
>
> You got to stop and reflect
>
> On your own?
>
> Especialy on something that
>
> Gets you out of your seat
>
> Makes your heart beat.
>
> This time is for your passion
>
> To bring
>
> Unqiue learning
>
> To us all.
>
> Honour the call.
>
>  
>
> ‘Whatever happens is the only thing that could have’
>
> So let go of expectation
>
> Of what this should be,
>
> Set it free.
>
> Trust the open space form
>
> It holds the storm.
>
>  
>
> ‘When it starts is the right is the right time’
>
> It’s no crime
>
> To chat or have a cup of tea
>
> Be free and see
>
> When you begin
>
> Don’t force it to be happpenin’.
>
>  
>
> ‘When it’s over it’s over’
>
> Don’t hang on
>
> Move on
>
> To where you belong.
>
> To fill the time gap
>
> It’s a trap
>
> So get up and get movin’
>
> To find a space where
>
> You be contributin’.
>
> You see
>
> this ain’t now normal meetin’
>
> Cause we be ‘law of two feetin’’
>
>  
>
> Use your feet
>
> Don’t just sit
>
> SPLIT
>
> To move to where you
>
> Learn of share.
>
> So be aware
>
> You can be like the
>
> Humble
>
> Bumble bee,
>
> Tripping from place to place
>
> And cross pollinate,
>
> Connecting info
>
> Helping collective wisdom grow.
>
> One other character
>
> Who arrives with a flutter
>
> Is the butter – fly.
>
> Who hangs out, looking good
>
> As a butterfly should.
>
> A place of still
>
> To stop and reflect
>
> Have the conversation you least expect,
>
> A wonderful insect!
>
>  
>
> Some final words on
>
> Workshop hosting.
>
> It ain’t all coasting!
>
> If you pin it up on the wall
>
> You responsible for that call.
>
> The workshop gotta happen,
>
> Even if you don’t go
>
> You responsible for opening the show.
>
>  
>
> Second thing,
>
> There’s only two
>
> (PHEW!)
>
> Please record what is cooking
>
> ‘cause we all looking
>
> to see
>
> in gallery.
>
> Have no fear it is pretty clear,
>
> There a template set up
>
> for the usin’,
>
> Now we’re cruisin
>
> Into the final moments before
>
> Opening the wall
>
> And the market stall.
>
>  
>
> Just to say again
>
> Grab a paper and pen
>
> Write your workshop
>
> Announce it to us all
>
> Then stick it to the wall
>
> With a time and place,
>
> Take your time
>
> this ain’t no race.
>
> With no more ado,
>
> I Open Space ...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Harrison Owen
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 1:37 PM
> Subject: Re: Is it possible to live OS?
>
> At 12:49 PM 6/24/2003 +1200, Mike Copeland  wrote:
>
> I'm finding open space has hit me right between the eyes in the last 
> four months. I'm taking initiative wherever I want to lately and am 
> not waiting for permission; wherever that was meant to come from 
> anyway! I'm actually doing what I want to do. Is that OK? I mean I 
> thought I was meant to do eveything I didn't want to do!
>
> The big thing is I'm not intervening anymore. Getting out of the way 
> is so freeing. I feel all my life I've been trained to get IN the way! 
> Although I do miss out on that exhausted feeling.
>
> I know this may sound like I'm a babbling convert here, but quite 
> honestly if this is living open space long may it continue.
>
>
> Sounds like you have it right -- to me. But then what else could I say 
> given my reply to Raffi Aftandelian (above) ? If it is true that life 
> is all about self-organization, as is Open Space, when you remember 
> what you already are, it feels great. Certainly much better than 
> pretending to be something you are not???? Of course, it doesn't 
> always feel great. Sometimes the great hooded monsters of Chaos, 
> Confusion, and Conflict rear their ugly heads, and things can get 
> downright unpleasant, made even more so if we take it as a personal 
> insult because they are not following our plan.
>
> Harrison
>
>
>
> Harrison Owen
> 7808 River Falls Drive
> Potomac, MD 20854 USA
> phone 301-365-2093
> Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com
> Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org
> Personal website http://mywebpages.comcast.net/hhowen/index.htm
>
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