[OSList] OST / Gaming

[Daniel Mezick]

Jenifer,


Yes, and if you feel claustrophobic *reading* about Agile, let's imagine 
how claustrophobic the people inside these 'agile' organizations feel...

...when they are told by an entirely well-meaning authority,

      that they *must* "do" something, and even "be" 
something...entirely /unfamilar/...without their explicit _consent_.


Is this or is this not the definition of a closed space?

And finally, my favorite question: Is OST actually a group-spiritual 
practice?

Dan




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On 10/22/13 8:14 AM, Jenifer Toksvig wrote:
> Re: [OSList] OST / Gaming Harrison, you said:
>
> >> ...  our conversation always seems to have (must have?) some frame 
> of reference with certain metaphors and images. [...] It is not so 
> much about right or wrong but rather capacity to communicate. <<
>
> It's all about Story, yes, absolutely. I was just saying to Dan in an 
> email that I had never heard of Agile until this conversation, so I 
> went to read all about it... and then had to stop reading about it 
> because, as a story, it makes me feel claustrophobic. Especially as a 
> story that is being linked to OST.
>
> OST is my guide in so many ways. It's my comparison story: the thing 
> against which I find myself measuring life stuff.
>
> - because it's not a story. Oddly, I think I made that strong 
> connection with OST because it seems to me that it is just how things 
> are, rather than how anyone might want to say things are. Which is not 
> that odd at all, actually, now I come to think about it.
>
> Although I am not in any way religious, perhaps those who are feel the 
> same way: that their belief system is not a story, but the core truth 
> of the world. It seems strange to me that they wouldn't challenge it 
> to make sure it isn't a story in disguise, though. I challenge OST 
> every day.
>
> In fact, maybe that's what I mean by 'comparison'. I don't measure 
> life against it, so much as measure it against life, and I am 
> continuously delighted to find that it is simply a description of how 
> life happens, nothing more and nothing less.
>
> How wonderful, how refreshing to find a true *description* in a world 
> full of takes and truths.
>
> When I write stories, I think the characters already exist in the 
> place of potential, and all they do is choose me to be their conduit 
> onto the page; I'm the right conduit for a specific few. I am not at 
> all surprised that OST chose you. Thank you for being open to being 
> chosen, and for staying open when you recognised it for what it was.
>
> Jen x
>
> *Jenifer Toksvig
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>
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>
>
>
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