Nexus of caring

[douglas germann]

Harrison and Raffi--

I am intrigued by your (physical?) placement of the nexus of caring at
that intersection. I do not recall seeing that in precisely those terms
in Wave Rider. This gives a different slant on the matter to my eye.

I was reading the word caring as a synonym for passion, but that very
change seems to have placed a new emphasis on it for me. If this is not
a new emphasis in OS, it is new wording which gives us a new perch from
which to observe.

It at least gives us language that speaks to a different part of our
heart-mind. Passion seems to carry some baggage that caring does not.
Caring points to something I heard in Andrew Harvey recently: he advises
people to "follow your heart-break."

There is more depth, perhaps in caring than in passion.

			:- Doug.


On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 10:07 -0500, Harrison Owen wrote:
> I am not sure there is a new or different emphasis on "caring." Ever since
> Open Space "began," so far as I know, the whole point was to be clear about
> what you care for and take responsibility for it. What may be different in
> Wave Rider is the central focus on Leadership which I understand to occur at
> the crossing point of passion (caring) and responsibility. So if you are
> going to talk about Leadership you have to talk a lot about caring,
> responsibility, and the point where they cross -- which I call Nexus of
> Caring.
> 
> Harrison
> 
> Harrison Owen
> 7808 River Falls Drive
> Potomac, Maryland   20854
> Phone 301-365-2093
> Skype hhowen
> Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com 
> Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org
> Personal website www.ho-image.com 
> OSLIST: To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the
> archives Visit: www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Raffi
> Aftandelian
> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 2:20 AM
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> Subject: Nexus of caring
> 
> Doug and Harrison,
> 
> Doug, I too have noticed the Man in the Hat using this "c" word, Care
> occasionally and have wondering what all this "c" talk is about.
> 
> Harrison, er, care to elaborate?
> 
> or will the professional storyteller in you rear his (delightful?) head
> again and plead the fifth...again?
> 
> appreciatively,
> raffi
> 
> Harrison--
> 
> In Wave Rider (which I just finished reading this morning) you seemed to
> make a point of emphasizing caring more than in prior books. Is it just
> me, or was this on purpose? 
> 
> If this is an increased emphasis on caring, passion, conflict and
> voluntary self-selection, what led you to this new emphasis?
> 
> 				:- Doug.
> 
> *
> *
> ==========================================================
> OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> ------------------------------
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options,
> view the archives of oslist at listserv.boisestate.edu:
> http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
> 
> To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs:
> http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
> 
> *
> *
> ==========================================================
> OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> ------------------------------
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options,
> view the archives of oslist at listserv.boisestate.edu:
> http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
> 
> To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs:
> http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist

*
*
==========================================================
OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
------------------------------
To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options,
view the archives of oslist at listserv.boisestate.edu:
http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html

To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs:
http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist