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At 08:15 PM 2/18/00 -0500, Rich Norris wrote:<br>
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>Interestingly, I too am a musician like Chris and play Blues
Harmonica. I<br>
>greatly value the space shared with other musicians and
audiences. When I<br>
>have a particularly heavy day coming up I always try to find a group
to<br>
>play Blues with. It seems to provide me a superb outlet to
"visit with<br>
>self" and charges up my siritual batteries. <br>
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It is always amazing to me how apparently disparate elements of our life
make positive contributions in other areas. Music for Chris and Rich --
and for me photography. For a number of years I shot professionally,
making a little money and learning a great bunch. Most of my work was
"people" often in an ehtnographic mode -- Africa, SW USA, small
town USA etc. It became clear to me that the difference between a
powerful shot, and something just "good" was the ability (or
luck) to catch Spirit on the fly. You literally had to shoot<i> before
</i>something happened, or you would miss it. Raising the probablility of
success required that your turned up all your receptors (vision, smell,
intuition etc) and truly learned to SEE -- not just look. Of course you
have to look before you can see, but looking alone is not
sufficient.<br>
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In addition to turning the receptors "up" -- it is also useful
to be in such a way that you make minimal impact on the environment --
including the people you are trying to catch. There is no formula here,
but the phrase I used at the time to explain to anybody who cared what I
did was --"Be totally present and absolutely invisible."
That phrase, of course, slipped over into my song and dance about Open
Space, and most particularly what the facilitator does mostly. It is a
lot about seeing -- quietly.<br>
<br>
Harrison<br>
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Harrison Owen<br>
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Potomac, MD 20854<br>
USA<br>
phone 301-469-9269<br>
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