AW: Pattern Languages

[Michael Herman]

congratulations on your milestone and the attention you're getting,
reinhard!  i love the pictures you make and wonder what it takes to
learn to draw these things.  it seems like such a fun way to be in the
flow of what's happening.

as for 'reconfigure', i think that's perhaps only part of it... i think
i should go back and adjust this.  renew, revitalize.  these might be
closer to the truth alexander is getting at.

my next little project there is to fill out hte FifteenPropertiesOST
page, noticing where and how we can notice the properties in the usual
practice of ost, and also do this more carefully.  i thnk there must be
many many opportunities for the properties to show up in ost.

feel free to add your thoughts directly to the stuff i've written there
on my website, mixed right in or as afterthoughts at teh bottom.  if you
are moved to pictures, then just send those along and i'll post them!

many thanks!

m




Visuelle Protokolle wrote:

>hi Michael and all,
>
>what a surprise, and a double one!
>
>Not only was Christopher Alexanders' work one of the most important
>influences for my previous work as an architect and facility programmer (and
>I translated big parts of 'A Pattern Language' into German) - and I used his
>patterns for my work, especially for my second home in Tuscany Italy very
>successfully -
>
>but also - and that is nearer to my presence and to my heart - the theme of
>patterns is directly connected with our present work as Visual Facilitators.
>
>Two weeks ago we celebrated our fifth anniversary as VISUELLE PROTOKOLLE
>with a little meeting for facilitators, customers and friends here in
>Munich. We were happy that among other beautiful people David Sibbet,
>president of the 'Grove Consultants International' in San Francisco, the
>oldest and biggest company doing visual facilitation, came to visit us.
>
>David stayed for another day of friendly talks and showing Munich. And then
>he said: What you do with your drawings in a meeting is something  different
>than what others do, and you should think of a new name for it! You draw,
>what people say, and also what they do not say, but feel, and touch
>something insides them, what makes things clear in a second, brings people
>to a common understanding, and makes them smile, because you touched them in
>their center.
>
>He went on speaking about the brain and where we store words and pictures
>and experiences, and then he took a pencil and wrote: A  B  C   and said:
>that means ART   and  BUSINESS   and   CULTURAL REPATTERNING ! That is what
>you do, he said. And he gave us something to chew on, I tell you.
>
>I looked up the unknown word REPATTERNING in the web, and found it is used
>for therapies, mainly 'Holographic Repatterning', a holistic approach, with
>many links to Meditation, Bach Flowers, Yoga etc., and an International
>Association.
>
>And of course I thought of C. Alexanders Patterns immediately, and found out
>that David knew about it.
>
>Michael, in the texts you provide - what a gift for us, to prepare so many
>links and ideas and treasures!!!! you cited Alexander with the word
>'Reconfigure'. I wonder wether that's the same ...
>
>I will dive into your treasures a lot more, I promise, and follow this
>exiting thread with love and curiosity!
>
>Reinhard
>
>VISUELLE PROTOKOLLE
>Kuchenmueller & Dr.Stifel
>
>Munich Germany
>
>Tel: +49-89-202 447 48
>
>http://www.visuelle-protokolle.de
>
>
>
>hi all...
>
>anybody here on the list done any thinking about how ost syncs up with
>the work on pattern languages and the nature of order by chris alexander
>and the agile/xp software development crowd?
>
>seems to directly parallel complexity and ost work we usually talk about
>here.   i've written a paper on this today that is in the Notebook at
>http://www.globalchicago.net.  the paper that gave rise to this paper of
>mine is just fascinating, talking about using software, and the
>"wholeness and life in it" as the basis for moving human attention in
>the direction of creating a more Living World.  talk of Centers seems to
>parallel what you have called Myth, Harrison.  design and development
>process is labelled as self-preserving and self-enhancing transformation.
>
>wondering if there aren't more bridges to be found here.  might be of
>interest in the Plexus conversations.
>
>michael herman
>
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