Talking piece, Harvest Moon

[Chris Corrigan]

My personal feeling is that there is no right way to hold the stick.  It is
not a ritual talking stick, it was a gift to the community passed through
those who were convening gatherings to use it and then pass it along.

There is a role for the talking stick as a form but many uses in practice.
There is a way of doing Open Spces, but different every time.

Liberatingly yours,

Chris

:-)

On 1/23/07, Catherine Pfaehler <c.pfaehler at bluewin.ch> wrote:
>
> Raffi, today I facilitated an OS for midwifes. I chose a hematite egg as a
> talking piece (which I happened to have been offered by a woman friend a
> long time ago). I choose talking objects to match the group. For me, they
> don't have to be a stick. The egg was lovely, it got warmer and warmer as
> it
> went around the circle - and both its material and its shape were very
> symbolic. And I use them just as the talking stick would be used.
>
> Chris, what a great invitation and idea. Harvest moon. Beautiful. Time to
> harvest, to be deeply grateful. Oh yes.
>
> Love, Catherine
>
> Catherine Pfaehler Senn
> Open Space Begleitung & Coaching
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> CH - 2503 Biel
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>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Raffi Aftandelian [mailto:raffi at BK.RU]
> Gesendet: Montag, 22. Januar 2007 23:53
> Betreff: Re: OSONOS -- The Chaordic Dance Continues!
>
> Dear fellow spaceholders,
>
> Much of this discussion about the evolution of the OSonOS is about how we
> are developing as a community/organization, our relationship to our own
> traditions, and how we develop new ones.
>
> I have attended three international OSonOS, in 2004, in 2005, and co-
> hosted the last one. And have been on this list since 2001. From where I
> sit i see a second generation of spaceholders coming of age ("G2"). Might
> there also be a G1/G2 divide or gap? Don't know. I do notice that the
> discussion of the evolution of the OS on OS seems to be happening at the
> time of a significant evolution of the OS on OS, most specifically as
> represented by the OS on OS by the Sea, which maybe I'll be able to make
> this year.
>
> Why is this relevant? I am not entirely sure but I do know that it is
> asking to be said.
>
> I *do* want to add another question to further complicate the mix. I
> implied in Moscow that I was not sure of the place the talking stick that
> Chris Corrigan so generously gave to the world OS community/organization
> in the OSonOS. At each OSonOS I have noticed just how unwieldy or awkward
> it has been for people to hold it. Even when we have been given guidelines
> on how to hold it, what it means, etc., people have not observed it and
> treated it appropriately. The end of the stick has been pointed up, at
> other people. Other examples galore.
>
> The talking stick and the OSonOS -- it has felt like an awkward fit.
>
> I learned that I probably misused the stick in Moscow...and I'd been to
> two OSonOS'es previous. Am I just a hopeless case? Talking stick learning
> disabled as it were?
>
> Or...might it be time to introduce something else as a speaking object at
> the next OSonOS? Perhaps the Vancouver talking stick could stay in the
> middle of the circle as a way of honoring our Elders, but not as a
> speaking object? And maybe the hosts at future OSonOS'es could use a local
> object, something found near the grounds of the OSonOS location?
>
> Jana, your thoughts?
>
> warmly and in appreciation,
> raffi
>
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CHRIS CORRIGAN
Consultation - Facilitation
Open Space Technology


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