<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Cheers Harrison, <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"><DIV>Dont know why but with other people if i just press reply it goes to the oslist but with you it goes to your personal email so i have to remember to change it. However i've noticed from other list communication your email has a CHAOS VIRUS attached to it! </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Thanks for support. I would love to send your comments on to the group if that's ok. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>If people want to inspect the proceedings in more detail they are at the improbable website. On </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>www.improbable.co.uk </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>or direct to </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.improbable.co.uk/show_example.asp?item_id=17">http://www.improbable.co.uk/show_example.asp?item_id=17</A>. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Now look what happens when you open space..... Just got an email back from Arny Mindell. re the open space event here... </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF081E"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF081E"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF081E">Arny's email:</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF081E"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF081E">Dear Phelim, this is superb! Thank you; thank you.</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF081E">At some point, could you tell us</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF081E">a. what POP can learn from open space</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF081E">b. what open space needs to learn</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF081E">we adore you and are so happy to know you and your great work, love you amy</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF081E">and arny</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF081E"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>here's my reply to him...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>(I'm a bumble bee now you see)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Arny, Amy<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Yes yes yes we MUST HAVE that conversation its very important....</DIV><DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>OPEN SPACE is amazing amazing amazing..</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>creates massive fluidity of identity and rank and creativity creativity creativity and community for free.. never had such a hit like this since worldwork... amazing feedback from people saying they've never felt so part of a community.. We had a couple of theatre critics in there who said they'd never had conversations with theatre people like they had over the weekend and they sat in groups about "how would it be if we killed them!!"</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Open space/worldwork?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I think they might be parallel worlds that could learn from each other (sisters maybe) but my guess is trying to mix them up too much might weaken the flavour of the different soups. Lots of moments in open space that are the beginnings of worldwork processes but trying to do a process by leading it into worldwork might really be odd as the whole thing is about giving up control and trusting the tao of the group. it seems to support people in really believing in their impulses as "The law of two feet" means you really have to take responsibilty for your learning and awareness. A room full of participant facilitators and leaders creating new forms. Very moving. As a facilitator the learning is about doing nothing and letting nature take its course and nature just does it....</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>HOWEVER I couldn't have held the space and facilitated like i did if i hadn't been facilitating a regular weekly worldwork/theatre forum called "COOKING CHAOS"... for the last three months teaching worldwork skills to actors and running a group process. the metaskill of detachment and openness to diversity and ability to hold tension and different weather systems is essential to keeping the space open. It's so much about not doing with total presence. Open space really creates deep democracy... tangible in the air. Extraordinary flat ..level.. landscape of energy lines, were visible between the people. I'm Interacting with people very differently afterwards very congruent with subtle impulses connects you to your path of heart. feel like change is possible and simultaneously feel less personally responsible. Less attached to outcomes but outcomes from weekend feel like they will happen without pushing. Someone said that with all the emails and people calling us Improbable must feel swamped with responsibility to look after things and it feels like THE OPPOSITE it feels shared. I feel like part of a natural organism like a termite colony that could build a beautiful cathedral just by being who we are. My work is doing me and i feel like myself. I'm more assertive and less pushy. Low level depression of theatre community had lifted from the group, after two days. Open space lets the structures fall away as you embrace chaos and transformation is possible. New structures created out of love and connection. I've never seen people doing real work and writing and deep discussion so free of their inner critics. FANTASTIC. and afterwards people ask me how it went and i've never felt so free to SAY how well it went. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>World Work / Open Space: mmmmmhhhh?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Maybe two days open space then two days worldwork or other way round but i think Harrison is absolutely right that interrupting the opened space with something else would be a disaster. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Some of the break out groups who'd been doing cooking chaos with me had sub groups using worldwork techniques and that's good i think. but it was seasoning in the soup that happened within the whole pot. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Worldwork seems to be a steeper learning curve as it can get so hot so fast i think. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Open space is more like impro i think. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>What does open space need to learn from Worldwork? </DIV><DIV>I put a question on the group about this:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV><DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">"I noticed at d and d some hotspots which seemed like the start of some group</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">processes.. interested to know whether you take action and do work.? or if you</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">trust the open space pot to deal with it? Little brewing questions."</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>someone just replied<BR><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#144209"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#144209"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#144209">"I felt that. And was aware of it...felt like there was learning and change</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#144209">there to be had a couple of times, but the 'normal' nature of the polite</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#144209">interaction didn't quite go for it..."</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I think it's about time... </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">They can learn from each other by doing them both I think.... the connections are already there. </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">THE REAL QUESTION IS WHAT CAN WORLDWORK AND OPEN SPACE LEARN FROM THEATRE AND IMPRO? !</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">just kidding!</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">and thanks Harrison and all others involved in developing OST for the gift. </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Love and respect to you all..</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Phelim</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>*
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