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Subject: Re: [OSList] occupy Open Space?!<br>
From: "Harrison Owen" <<a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net">hhowen@verizon.net</a>><br>
Date: Sun, October 09, 2011 4:05 pm<br>
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</style><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Circles, Pat, Circles! Help them to see the power of circles. It happens naturally, of course, but with a little nudge it becomes “the way we do things.” As you know that changes the ethos dramatically. Have fun.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Harrison<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Harrison Owen<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">7808 River Falls Dr.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Potomac, MD 20854<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">USA<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Camden, Maine 20854<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Phone 301-365-2093<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">(summer) 207-763-3261<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com">www.openspaceworld.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.ho-image.com">www.ho-image.com</a> (Personal Website)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D">To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST Go to:<a target="_blank" href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org"><span style="color:blue">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a> [<a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org">mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Pat Black<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, October 09, 2011 4:47 PM<br><b>To:</b> Raffi Aftandelian; World wide Open Space Technology email list<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSList] occupy Open Space?!<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">The Occupy Minnesota is happening at the People's Plaza formerly known as the Government Plaza. This is a whole range of people that range from anti-capitalist to Ron Paul supporters. There were several hundred people there Friday and Saturday, fewer today. The mayor of Minneapolis spoke through the people's mic on Friday and so did Jessie Ventura the former governor / wrestler. The police are relaxed and have been ordered to leave people be within the constraints that have been set up. There is lots of learning about process going on. The participants are mostly young and just beginning to claim their space but there are a few old timers there as well and of course the people who live on these streets normally. They seem to have their food and logistical pieces functioning well and are currently looking for ways to get more folks out so that their presence can be sustained especially when the weather turns. We have been lucky weather wise so far but the season will turn before long and when it does it could be drastic. I have seen 3 feet of snow and 20- zero on October 30th here, so this can be a life threatening concern. <o:p></o:p></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">It has been great to be out there. The energy is intense and full of possibility. There are lots of sentences that include the word space and that is exciting. I am hoping to spend a lot of time out there. They are going to create something akin to an agenda wall with the causes that have brought people there.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt">Pat Black<o:p></o:p></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:35 PM, Raffi Aftandelian <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:raffi_1970@yahoo.com">raffi_1970@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></div><div><div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">dear open space and genuine contact friends (aka spaceniki and, perhaps, "wheelies")-<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">Tonight marked the spirited kick-off for Occupy San Diego, one of the many local initiatives around the world taking place in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street. Speaking as a process artist (OST facilitator and Genuine Contact Program certified trainer) and a charmingly flawed co-human with a heart who is planning on camping out (occupy?!) on site for while, I wanted to share some thoughts and observations and also extend an invitation.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">First off, taking part in all of this- tonight's march or attending the General Assembly (I was at last night's assembly- 130 people were there!)- really stretches me. I can't align with any of the adversarial language and expression here. So, as we marched today I was just silent, holding my multi-colored sign which read, "What does a wise, compassionate and glocal response to massive economic injustice look like?" Heck, even calling it "Occupy" make me shudder!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">It is physically just very challenging to be in the presence of all of that energy. That said, from the the *moment* I heard of Occupy Wall Street, I had an *immediate* intuitive hit that this is something different, that this is something that I have to support. And at the very least this initiative could be supported by bearing witness-- and the simplest way I could do that is just camp there, just sleep there. That's it. <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">Perhaps the act of sleeping in a public space can be a way of claiming *and* opening space, a way of dreaming the New Story into being?<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">Also, I'm amazed to see how many different people locally have heard of the local Occupy San Diego initiative and how many different people I know showed up tonight! It's almost as if somewhere deep down there was a part of us that knew this is something we need to support.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">One of the things that encouraged me while attending General Assembly last night was the readiness and willingness of people from disparate points of view to hear each other out. What I'm seeing is messy, imperfect, and I know and imagine that ball has been dropped. But overall, it's a rather encouraging picture. It's also encouraging to see meditation part of the picture, too. A 20+ minute flash mob still silent sitting meditation took place after the march tonight<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">And indeed it has a lot of open space feeling to it. The general assembly and committees had been meeting at Children's Park (high play and high learning anyone??) here downtown. The park is made up of large circular patches of grass bordered with concrete. Each committee met in a different patch - marked with the name of the committee. And you just went to the committee you wanted. And from what i could see, if you wanted to create a new committee, you could do that, too! (apparently, there is a process committee here, too).<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">I'm curious if there are other process artists out there on or off these lists who are also supporting Occupy... where you are. I'd love to enter into conversation (skype call anyone??) on or offlist to explore the ways we as process artists can support this initiative. Drop me a line!<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">much warmth from the pacific coast,<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">raffi<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"> <br>p.s. to catch some of the flavor of our local "Occupation," see <br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/occupysd/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/occupysd/</a><br><a href="http://www.livestream.com/occupysd" target="_blank">http://www.livestream.com/occupysd</a><br><br>p.p.s. I look forward to circulating widely this piece by zen teacher and peacemaker, Bernie Glassman<br><a href="http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/10/we-are-the-100/" target="_blank">http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/10/we-are-the-100/</a><br><br>p.p.p.s. to borrow a turn of phrase from a fellow spacenik who lives DownUnder-- "What can happen?"<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">powered by ubuntu 10.4<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>_______________________________________________<br>OSList mailing list<br>To post send emails to <a target="_blank" href="mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org">OSList@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>To unsubscribe send an email to <a target="_blank" href="mailto:OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org">OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:<br><a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org" target="_blank">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a><o:p></o:p></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></div></div></div><hr>_______________________________________________<br>
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