[OSList] florian fischer has passed away

[Alan Stewart via OSList]

Dear Catherine and All


Sad new that Florian is no longer with us and yet great celebration of who
he was and what he contributed to our Open Space community.


I loved his posts on the list, invariably poetic, ‘quirky ‘and deep.


One such contained:


nur umwege fuehren zur loesung -



  only detours lead to a solution -



es gibt nur umwege -



  there is nothing but detours -



alle wege fuehren zu einer loesung



  every road leads to a solution -



es gibt nur eine loesung -



  there is only one solution -



jede loesung führt zu einer weiteren loesung -



  every solution leads to a following one -





Florian and I met only once and briefly when I stayed overnight at his home
in Berlin in 2004. What a memorable time he, Katharina and I had savouring
the cafes – one on a boat – and music on that balmy spring evening. See
photo attached.


We corresponded periodically, joyfully and I regarded him as a close
friend.


A lovely, lively spirit was our mate Florian.


Looking forward


Alan

Adelaide




















On 30 October 2015 at 09:28, Catherine Pfaehler via OSList <
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Dear Open Space family
>
>
>
> Upon my return home tonight, I found a letter in the mail.
>
>
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> „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,
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> forever.
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>
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> over-is-over since means:
>
> give space to new beginning.“
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>
>
> 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
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>
>
> 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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