Futur de l' OSI France

[Harrison Owen]

I think your solution is readily at hand. Just open space and see what
happens. Total (up front) organization required is ZERO as you know. When it
comes to structure the question I keep in mind is "What is the minimal level
of structured needed to support the spirit and people?" For almost
everything, all you need is some space and a convener (Host/ess). All the
rest takes care of itself.  As for the "old form" - don't worry about
"breaking it" - it's already broken. Just forget about it J

 

Harrison

 

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Harrisson, You got it right :-).
 And indeed, that's what I believe we've experienced now : the spirit is
awaiting for a safe and welcoming home. We created the form too quicly,
within an old frame, assuming spirit will come. Everything was confused.
That's why I don't believe any more that we just need to change the form.
I'd like that we break this old non-workable form, greet it for what it has
done, and see together where spirit leads us. What form will then emerge
from spirit, we don't know..

Christine 



2010/5/31 Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net>

Christine - my French is a little slow, but I think I have your question:
"la forme (structure juridique par exemple) est-elle importante quand il
s'agit d'Open Space ?" I believe the answer might be," Yes, but it is always
secondary." Which is to say as some architects do - Form follows function."
In some other words, Structure is emergent from the flow and power of the
spirit of a place and people. Some of us have assumed that if you first
create the structure,  the spirit will follow. But that has never been my
experience. The Spirit goes where it will and it will create its own
structure. When we attend to that structure and nurture it - the spirit
finds a comfortable home. To reverse the process is to confuse just about
everything. 

 

Harrison

 

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7808 River Falls Dr.

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USA

Phone 301-365-2093

www.openspaceworld.com

www.ho-image.com (Personal Website)


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