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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dear Harold<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>To my humble experience
with the medicine wheel, this feels exactly right, it’s a grand idea.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I hope Chris Corrigan
feels called to answer, he works with the Native Americans a lot. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The order of the
principles is not so important to me. And the wheel doesn’t have to be
explained following it in the circle either. You can go from one principle to
the other (in <st1:place w:st="on">Harrison</st1:place>’s order), jumping
around in the wheel (in your order). One can find a direction per principle from
different perspectives, thus placing the same principle in different possible directions
without this being a mistake (this is only my opinion, perhaps there are more others
who have a clear picture of which principle must go to which direction of the
medicine wheel – up to you which idea you want to follow). Different
tribes of Native Americans also have different explanations of the medicine
wheel and of the colours they use for a direction. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>As to possible symbols
– perhaps the Native Americans or other native people have found some
already which they would like to share? What comes to my mind (following your
order of the principles) is<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>North: draw some people, all going into the same direction?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>East: a sunrise for action starting?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>South: draw a smiley, and perhaps also a smiley who is crying? Depict
some emotions, perhaps also a smiley who is afraid. Or a bolt of lightning?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>West: a moon and stars for quietness settling in, uniting
reflection with ending?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>What about “Be
prepared to be surprised” – my favourite, as it is so wonderfully
paradoxical – could this be written in letters, on the back? Or could you
use a question mark and an explanation mark next to each other?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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enough (organic?) T-shirts and offer us an internationally fit mail order
possibility which includes <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>, I’d
love to have one!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:windowtext'> Harold Shinsato [mailto:<st1:PersonName w:st="on">harold@shinsato.com</st1:PersonName>]
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Gesendet:</span></b> Sonntag, 17. </span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext'>April 2011 18:43<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>An:</span></b> oslist@openspacetech.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Betreff:</span></b> [OSList] Visual Icons for
the 4 Principles & 1 Law</span></font><font color=black><span lang=EN-GB
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
conspirators for the Open Space Technology facilitated Missoula BarCamp put the
4 principles on the event t-shirt last year, and since this year we're holding
it in a beautiful new building, the Native American Center on the Missoula
campus of the University of Montana, the t-shirt idea the
passionate/responsible person is pursuing is to use an aboriginal style
iconography for the 4 principles and one law. (Maybe think cave drawings.)<br>
<br>
I know the visual icon for the one law is two feet. That's easy enough and
perhaps that could be in the center of this t-shirt design. But what of the 4
principles? Any ideas?<br>
<br>
Whoever comes is the right people<br>
Whenever it starts is the right time<br>
Whatever happens is the only thing that could have<br>
When it's over it's over<br>
<br>
This might be a stretch - but what do people think about correspondences to the
4 directions of the Native American medicine wheel? The directions of
sunrise and sunset clearly seem to correspond to start time and end time. I
wonder if whoever comes could be north and whatever happens could be south?<br>
<br>
A quick google search turned up this image which summarizes the aspects of the
medicine wheel (direction, element, color, principles):<br>
<br>
</span><a href="http://www.nald.ca/library/learning/chikiken/pic63.gif"><span
lang=EN-GB>http://www.nald.ca/library/learning/chikiken/pic63.gif</span></a></font><span
lang=EN-GB><br>
<br>
North -> Air, Animals, White, Receives Energy, Mental Aspect, Wisdom and
Logic (Whoever Comes?)<br>
East -> Fire, Sun, Yellow, Determines Energy, Spiritual Aspect, Illumination
and Enlightening (Whenever it starts?)<br>
South -> Water, Plants, Red, Gives Energy, Emotional Aspect, Trust and
Innocence (Whatever Happens?)<br>
West -> Earth, Black, Holds Energy, Physical Aspect, Introspection and
Insight (When its over?)<br>
<br>
Even the ordering seems to fit!<br>
<br>
Very curious as to folks thoughts - especially as to how the convey the
principles through simple icons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>-- <br>
Harold Shinsato<br>
</span><a href="mailto:harold@shinsato.com"><span lang=EN-GB>harold@shinsato.com</span></a></font><span
lang=EN-GB><br>
</span><a href="http://shinsato.com"><span lang=EN-GB>http://shinsato.com</span></a><span
lang=EN-GB><br>
twitter: </span><a href="http://twitter.com/hajush"><span lang=EN-GB>@hajush</span></a><span
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