[OSList] florian fischer has passed away

Brendan McKeague via OSList oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
Sun Nov 1 05:51:17 PST 2015


Two days ago, a beautiful butterfly landed on my shoulder 

And shared its transforming presence with me

Today we planted a butterfly bush in our garden

This evening I caught up with my emails

Forian flutters far and near

With grateful thanks for his wonderful gifts 

Brendan 
in Western Australia



On 31/10/2015, at 3:19 AM, Koos de Heer via OSList wrote:

> Thank you Peggy for reminding me. I was there too in Berlin in 2000 and at the Swenmark gathering in 2003. I remember Florian as a very gentle and at the same time very dedicated person. And also very creative. He could challenge my assumptions in a way that was very inspiring and at the same time a bit unsettling. I guess that is the way it should be. 
> 
> Not having seen him for over 10 years I can't say that I miss him, but I celebrate his life and I cherish the memories. 
> 
> Koos
> 
> Op 30 okt. 2015 om 18:43 heeft Peggy Holman via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> het volgende geschreven:
> 
>> Like Chris, I fell in love with Florian the first time I met him. It was at OSonOS in Berlin in 2000. Among his many gifts, he was a poet. I turned a pamphlet he created of his poems about Open Space into a pdf. He called it "Weying in Open Space". He coined the term weying to speak of identity grounded in “we”. From a paper he wrote:
>> 
>>  When boundaries connect as well as separate, then it is not a matter of here and there, not of we and you, but rather a matter of the distinction within the unit, it is a matter of unity in the network of complex structures.
>> 
>> One thing that impressed me about Florian was his learning more English so that he could participate more in the Open Space community. I saw him at several OSonOS gatherings, including Vancouver, BC in 2001 and at the “Svenmark OSOnOS (Sweden/Denmark), where these pictures were taken in 2003:
>> http://peggyholman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Florian.jpg
>> 
>> http://peggyholman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Florian-at-OSonOS-DenmarkDSCN3727.jpg 
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>> I always had the sense that anything could happen when Florian was around. He will be missed.
>> 
>> Appreciatively,
>> Peggy
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>>> On Oct 30, 2015, at 9:35 AM, doug via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Oh, no.
>>> 
>>> A great spirit was he.
>>> 
>>> :- Doug.
>>> 
>>> On 10/29/2015 06:58 PM, Catherine Pfaehler via OSList wrote:
>>>> Dear Open Space family
>>>> 
>>>> Upon my return home tonight, I found a letter in the mail.
>>>> 
>>>> „on sunday evening october 18th, florian has sunk back into the secret
>>>> of life. he departed decidedly, has spread his wings powerfully for his
>>>> last journey. – we live on a little bit and will then come too. until
>>>> then, he will stay in our hearts forever.“
>>>> 
>>>> His family has sent a beautiful card with texts from florian. The one on
>>>> the front side reads:
>>>> 
>>>> „beginning
>>>> 
>>>> over is over
>>>> 
>>>> in the beginning there was no end.
>>>> 
>>>> so it was decided,
>>>> 
>>>> that beginning shall follow beginning,
>>>> 
>>>> forever.
>>>> 
>>>> over-is-over since means:
>>>> 
>>>> give space to new beginning.“
>>>> 
>>>> On the back side of the card, I read „today, his family and closest
>>>> friends have said good-bye to florian, full of gratitude, on the
>>>> evangelic cemetery of alt-schöneberg, berlin.“
>>>> 
>>>> With fond memories of florian who, with katharina and shirin,
>>>> magnificently held space for us when we visited them in Rodalquilar in
>>>> October 2007 full of sadness and shock as we had just received the news
>>>> of the death of my daughters and their father and spouse, and who was my
>>>> coach in my first big Open Space… Fare well, my dear friend!
>>>> 
>>>> Catherine
>>>> 
>>>> PS: If you want to send a card, the address of katharina’s and florian’s
>>>> home is now: Katharina Fischer-Möcklinghoff, Münchener Strasse 6, D –
>>>> 10775 Berlin
>>>> 
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>>>> 
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