[OSList] FW: Visual Icons for the 4 Principles & 1 Law
Michael Herman
michael at michaelherman.com
Sun Apr 17 13:44:54 PDT 2011
yes to whoever... north. we're all spiders and helpers. then, i haven't
worked out the details, but i'd guess: starts... east, happens... south,
over... in the west. m
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Michael Herman
Michael Herman Associates
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On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net> wrote:
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> Actually, I think the Medicine Wheel idea works out rather well, but you
> might have to change the order of The Principles. And truth to tell, if you
> did that you would have the order I gave them in The User’s Guide. But I
> guess any order would do J
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>
> “Whoever comes…” North -- Leadership (we are all leaders)
>
> “Whatever Happens…” East – Vision (Vision just shows up not as an
> intellectual activity. It’s what we do.)
>
> “Whenever it starts…” South – Community (Real community creates its own
> time. The clock is incidental)
>
> “When it’s over…” West – Management (As in the end thereof – No need for
> it. Real “Sunset Law”)
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>
>
> Well I guess it sort of works. But when you get to the iconography I’m not
> so sure. If you go to Page 153 of the User’s Guide (3rd Edition), you will
> find my version of The Medicine Wheel in Open Space.
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>
> Harrison
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> PS Angie Arrien and I played around with something like this many years
> ago, but I don’t remember how it went exactly.
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> *From:* oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org [mailto:
> oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf Of *Harold Shinsato
> *Sent:* Sunday, April 17, 2011 12:43 PM
> *To:* oslist at openspacetech.org
> *Subject:* [OSList] Visual Icons for the 4 Principles & 1 Law
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> The conspirators for the Open Space Technology facilitated Missoula BarCamp
> put the 4 principles on the event t-shirt last year, and since this year
> we're holding it in a beautiful new building, the Native American Center on
> the Missoula campus of the University of Montana, the t-shirt idea the
> passionate/responsible person is pursuing is to use an aboriginal style
> iconography for the 4 principles and one law. (Maybe think cave drawings.)
>
> I know the visual icon for the one law is two feet. That's easy enough and
> perhaps that could be in the center of this t-shirt design. But what of the
> 4 principles? Any ideas?
>
> Whoever comes is the right people
> Whenever it starts is the right time
> Whatever happens is the only thing that could have
> When it's over it's over
>
> This might be a stretch - but what do people think about correspondences to
> the 4 directions of the Native American medicine wheel? The directions of
> sunrise and sunset clearly seem to correspond to start time and end time. I
> wonder if whoever comes could be north and whatever happens could be south?
>
> A quick google search turned up this image which summarizes the aspects of
> the medicine wheel (direction, element, color, principles):
>
> http://www.nald.ca/library/learning/chikiken/pic63.gif
>
> North -> Air, Animals, White, Receives Energy, Mental Aspect, Wisdom and
> Logic (Whoever Comes?)
> East -> Fire, Sun, Yellow, Determines Energy, Spiritual Aspect,
> Illumination and Enlightening (Whenever it starts?)
> South -> Water, Plants, Red, Gives Energy, Emotional Aspect, Trust and
> Innocence (Whatever Happens?)
> West -> Earth, Black, Holds Energy, Physical Aspect, Introspection and
> Insight (When its over?)
>
> Even the ordering seems to fit!
>
> Very curious as to folks thoughts - especially as to how the convey the
> principles through simple icons.
>
> --
> Harold Shinsato
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