<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>frauke-jan and all salam!</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>thanks, frauke, for stimulating this discussion!</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>i think i share what others have said about the two proposed principles being prescriptive rather than descriptive.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div>what i've been doing recently to address what you're pointing at, frauke, was inspired by some interesting exchange on the art of hosting email list.</div><div><br></div><div>in the opening - towards the end - i invite people to hold two questions in their awareness for the duration of the event:</div><div><br></div><div>1. what could this event <span style="font-style: italic;">be</span>?</div><div>in other words, if this gathering could matter for each of those who came personally and
collectively and also for the world, what would take place here?</div><div><br></div><div>2. <span style="font-style: italic;">who</span> can i be? </div><div>what do i wish to call forth in myself for the duration of the event to make number one possible.</div><div><br></div><div>do i have any clear evidence that adding this to the opening helps? don't know. but it does feel right to add it...</div><div><br></div><div>i'd also add that a truly open space is one which is welcoming of people acting cynically, critically, etc. maybe that is the best they can do in the moment...</div><div><br></div><div>my two rials./kopecks/drams/laris...</div><div><br></div><div>greetings from this southwest corner of occupied obamastan,</div><div>raffi</div><div><br></div><div>powered by ubuntu 10.4</div></div></body></html>