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when I was 17 and 18 and in my first year of college I used to
prepare surprises for people I knew and people I would never meet,
surprises which might or might not surprise.. or might not even be
noticed. For example:<br>
<ul>
<li>I bought a case of ruby red grapefruit, painted hearts and
messages on them for valentines day and left them for friends to
find.</li>
<li>I drew elaborate cartoon scenes in chalk on classroom
chalkboards late at night, just so the first class of the day
would be surprised, and wonder.<br>
</li>
<li>I'd write little funny notes with pictures and hide them in
unusual places, like taped to the underside of a table just so
that the kind of person who might be looking in a strange place
would find them.<br>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Setting up surprises was such fun.. - Like a letter in a bottle.
Setting up a cause, and then letting go of the eventual
effect/non-effect. Spending time and care crafting extravagantly
hopeful, disposable messages. That seems to have the flavor of
open space to me. <br>
</p>
<p>"Modern Times" are purposeful. Efficiency, Getting Things Done.
And yet in nature, for example in evolution, there is waste and
extravagance - hundreds of seeds - one germinates. Many mutations
fail before one succeeds. Amazingly, the gorgeous diversity of
life on earth came about without a to-do list. Without the use of
Microsoft Project. <br>
</p>
<p>I am a newcomer to open space, but I believe that these days
there is too much sensible sense, and not enough senseless sense.
We spend too much time repeating the small futures we know how to
control, and not enough time cultivating trust - preparing the
soil for a surprisingly gorgeous future to grow of its own accord.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Searching
through the archives there were many many postings about "be
prepared to be surprised". But "How to be prepared to be
surprised" returned 0.<br>
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Any tips on how to prepare? It came up as a question today for
me in conversation with someone - and I can't believe I've
never thought about it before. How do you prepare to be
surprised? Any thoughts, tips?<br>
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Thanks!<br>
Harold<o:p></o:p></p>
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