[OSList] This Was My Town [[Marysville]

[Alan Stewart via OSList]

G'day fellow participants at WOS2002 and All

I 'happened' on this song <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0LpKT_-Kmw>
recently through hearing Greg Champion, a well known singer and song writer
<http://gregchampion.com.au/music/> in Australia, on our local radio in
Adelaide.

For it captures the grief experienced when most of the lovely little town
of Marysville (near Melbourne) in which WOS2002 was held was destroyed in a
huge bushfire in 2009.



After playing the song several times it came over to me as a beautifully
crafted and poignant reminder of the wondrous time which was had by those
who were fortunate and privileged to participate in this particular
international get together of OST practitioners.  And of how ephemeral life
can be.

The venue for our gathering, the majestic largely wooden construction
Marylands Hotel - in the heart of Marysville - suited our purposes
beautifully, not least as we all housed under one roof. One of my favourite
memories was going on a night walk in the nearby forest.

There was nothing left of Marylands after the 2009 fire.

A sense of this place, its setting, and the process of the WOS event can be
seen in this exquisite little video
<http://openspaceworld.ning.com/video/wosonosinoz-2002> made by David
Smith.

Also featured in the video is the facilitator of the event, Fr Brian
Bainbridge. Brian, as many would recall fondly, was a staunch promoter of
OST and attended every WOS up until WOS2009 held in Taipei in Taiwan. Sadly
he died shortly after this.



Please pass this on if you wish to others who you consider may appreciate
seeing and hearing it.

Looking forward.

Go well

Alan

Alan Stewart, PhD
www.multimindsolutions.com
Conversare.net <http://conversare.net>
Adelaide

‘If there’s dancing count me in.’
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