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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>another metaphore would be a "cold shower"...it's
hard at the beginning but afterwards makes you feel good.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=MareiKiele@web.de href="mailto:MareiKiele@web.de">Marei Kiele</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, November 20, 2004 12:30
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Metaphors for the
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<P><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Even if using metaphors has been debunked
in the meantime I add this little piece:<BR></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Hi Doug,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>again with delay as I am working my way
through hundreds of mails I have saved but not read yet. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>I like your popcorn methaphor - and
the little dirt, a little manure, a few seeds and some
rainy days and in no time you get flowers ower all - magic!</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Here is one I used different times:
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<P><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>OST is like the
Überraschungs-Ei (suprise-egg?), a chocolate-candy for
children with a little toy inside sold by Ferrero in
Germany and different other countries: you get 3 things for one
price. </FONT><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>The chocolate-egg-add promises
play, fun and chocolate. And in open space one gets extraordinary
results, team building and personal developement. And even fun on
top.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Greetings,<BR></FONT><FONT
face="Courier New" size=2>Marei</FONT></P>
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<P> "Douglas D. Germann, Sr." <<A
href="mailto:76066.515@compuserve.com>">mailto:76066.515@compuserve.com></A> schrieb:<BR>> Dear friends--<BR>> <BR>> In the last few weeks I have been increasingly frustrated by the responses I<BR>> get from people to my descriptions of a community OST event I am otherwise<BR>> having fun dis-organizing. <grin><BR>> <BR>> When I try to describe the magic of OS, I get responses like the one the<BR>> other day: "Oh, you mean it is a networking event?"<BR>> <BR>> So I have been thinking of what kinds of metaphors might communicate the<BR>> magic, mystery and awe we find in experience.<BR>> <BR>> What concrete metaphors can you think of for something that produces<BR>> unexpected results, out of all proportion--quantitatively or<BR>> qualitatively--to what the initial conditions were (that is, people gathering<BR>> to converse)?<BR>> <BR>> Here are a couple I have come up with, so far:<BR>> <BR>> This is like shaking a bottle of pop--and then popping the<BR>> lid. It is like popcorn--a little corn, a little oil, a<BR>> little heat--soon a reaction gives us enough food for a<BR>> party! Or who could predict, without knowing humanity, that<BR>> a party in the back seat of a '56 Chevy would lead to dirty<BR>> diapers at 4 am? This is a boiling roiling pot; a darkroom<BR>> where pictures of the future can be developed; a<BR>> germinating kettle for works new and wonderful. A few seeds<BR>> in the wind, a collection of moisture, a little time, and<BR>> soon even the desert blooms. A little dirt, a little<BR>> manure, a few seeds, some rainy days, and in no time you<BR>> get flowers all over! A little dollop of batter in the paper<BR>> becomes an overflowing muffin.<BR>> <BR>> This is a creative group--I am sure you will be able to come up with greater<BR>> metaphors than these.<BR>> <BR>> :-Doug. Germann<BR>> Seeking people making community change.<BR>> <BR>> *<BR></P>*
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