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<p>Birgitt Williams schrieb:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE> <span class=080452701-13032000><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>The
distinction in my own mind between Open Space and Open Space Technology
is important. </font></font></span></blockquote>
dear birgitt,<br>
<br>
your pointing out that distinction between open space and <br>
open space technology is an important idea <br>
as well as your idea about closing the open space<br>
to manage a situation of space invading.<br>
that both seems to me two aspects of the same idea.<br>
<br>
to understand you in the right way, let me ask<br>
<b>about opening and closing space</b>:<br>
<br>
within open space technology there is a space holder<br>
who opens the space at the beginning, who holds the space,<br>
who protects the space and who may close the space<br>
at the end or in defending the space against invasion ??<br>
<br>
within the general open space<br>
there is no opening and no closing<br>
because it is once opended at the beginning for ever.<br>
it is the now and the eternity in itself<br>
it is the individual and the universe in itself ??<br>
<br>
the distinction is very helpfull<br>
because it is as well the distinction<br>
between a facilitator using open space technology<br>
and the creator of open space.<br>
<br>
and personally for me, i understand once more the important idea<br>
that the end of a process (the closing) needs the same care<br>
as the beginning.<br>
<br>
thank you, birgitt. i like your thorough thoughts.<br>
<br>
florian fischer</html>