<div dir="ltr">Shalom beloved <div>thanks for the email</div><div>I enjoyed reading it, and I also felt it.</div><div>there was a poem sitting on my printer and I am sharing it with the community. </div><div><br></div><div>"Too familiar"</div><div>A paper trace, trail</div><div>White lie</div><div>Black ball </div><div>Green with envy </div><div>what you talking bout Willis?</div><div>As we get woke and stay woke</div><div>The colors of the rainbow will show up</div><div>colors could comfort </div><div>they have been known to heal and reveal the hurts</div><div>White people </div><div>black people </div><div>People come in colors?</div><div>Too familiar </div><div><br></div><div>K. Sweetness Jennings </div><div>living in the light </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 2:35 AM Michael M Pannwitz via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">At the last WOSonOS in Berlin one of the improbable women put on a <br>
totally improper, quirky and irritating dance performance... what an <br>
enlightened celebration of life...<br>
<br>
cheers from a bright Monday morning, cloudless blue sky with the moon <br>
still on its dependable course...<br>
<br>
mmp<br>
Am 21.11.2021 um 22:42 schrieb Peggy Holman via OSList:<br>
> Fabulous!!!!<br>
> <br>
> I’m particularly drawn to:<br>
>><br>
>> We have spent our lives following our curiosity, trusting the<br>
>> unlikely, believing in the quirky, the subtle, and the irritating,<br>
>> giving time and space to all the improper things that are usually<br>
>> dismissed or discarded in a creative process. We are also all<br>
>> these things ourselves: improper, quirky, irritating. We are not<br>
>> always easy to live with.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Peggy<br>
> <br>
>> On Nov 20, 2021, at 7:31 AM, Harrison Owen SR via OSList <br>
>> <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a> <br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Thank you!<br>
>><br>
>> Harrison<br>
>><br>
>> On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 8:05 AM Alan Halford via OSList <br>
>> <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a> <br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Fabulous!!!!!<br>
>><br>
>> On 20 Nov 2021, at 8:42 pm, Phelim McDermott via OSList<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hello lovely space openers.<br>
>><br>
>> I wanted to share something. Firstly it’s about a job advert but<br>
>> also about how stuff we do at Improbable has been changed by the<br>
>> practice of invitation.<br>
>><br>
>> First off I’m sure my wife Matilda won’t mind me sharing this<br>
>> story. She formed and co-runs an organisation called “Mothers who<br>
>> make” it’s an online and offline support group that grew out of<br>
>> one of our own open space events. It supports the idea that we<br>
>> need to open more space into our work and life spaces so that the<br>
>> the roles of both mother and maker are not separate or<br>
>> marginalised by the other.<br>
>> Check it out you might want to take part. You can join from<br>
>> anywhere in the world.<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="https://www.improbable.co.uk/job-vacancies" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.improbable.co.uk/job-vacancies</a><br>
>> <<a href="https://www.improbable.co.uk/job-vacancies" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.improbable.co.uk/job-vacancies</a>><br>
>><br>
>> Anyway a few years back Matilda put out a job advert for a<br>
>> Producer role at MWM in a traditional way. Job specs, salary,<br>
>> responsibility etc.. she got at most a handful of replies. So she<br>
>> decided to create an informal advert. An invitation. She spoke<br>
>> from her heart and from her passion and vulnerability with real<br>
>> honesty about what the job would be and what it would involve.<br>
>> Raw. She got 100 applicants. A real indication that it’s not just<br>
>> the sessions called but the original invite that need passion and<br>
>> responsibility to give it grip.<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="https://www.improbable.co.uk/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.improbable.co.uk/</a> <<a href="https://www.improbable.co.uk/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.improbable.co.uk/</a>><br>
>><br>
>> So Improbable (link above) is a company that makes shows and opens<br>
>> space wherever we can are currently looking for a new executive<br>
>> director. We put out the formal job advert a few weeks ago and<br>
>> shortly afterwards we put out our informal invite which is below..<br>
>><br>
>> Please spread the word and notice that we are hoping to ensure no<br>
>> one should exclude themselves from the possibility of<br>
>> interviewing, especially if you don’t work in theatre.<br>
>><br>
>> Yes this might be you.<br>
>><br>
>> Here is the Invitation:<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="https://www.improbable.co.uk/posts/executive-director-informal-job-ad" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.improbable.co.uk/posts/executive-director-informal-job-ad</a><br>
>> <<a href="https://www.improbable.co.uk/posts/executive-director-informal-job-ad" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.improbable.co.uk/posts/executive-director-informal-job-ad</a>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Here’s the text so you don’t have to click a link!<br>
>><br>
>> “A POEM ABOUT A JOB.”<br>
>><br>
>> An invitation to Join us. A poem about a job.<br>
>><br>
>> On our Gathering blog,<br>
>> <a href="https://www.improbable.co.uk/posts/the-gathering" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.improbable.co.uk/posts/the-gathering</a><br>
>> <<a href="https://www.improbable.co.uk/posts/the-gathering" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.improbable.co.uk/posts/the-gathering</a>><br>
>> you may have read that we’re looking for a place to belong and to<br>
>> create belonging. We've been gathering clues, seeking out places,<br>
>> talking to people, in our quest for a home for the company. We<br>
>> have also just put out a call for a very particular, key<br>
>> collaborator - last week, we announced that Improbable is looking<br>
>> for a new Executive Director.<br>
>><br>
>> Our Executive Director will, of course, be helping to take care of<br>
>> Improbable - what it is, what it does, what its unfolding vision<br>
>> is, and what it may be. However, one vital focus of this person's<br>
>> role will be helping to make The Gathering, our home for<br>
>> Improbable and our practice, happen.<br>
>><br>
>> You can read the formal job ad here.<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="https://www.improbable.co.uk/job-vacancies" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.improbable.co.uk/job-vacancies</a><br>
>> <<a href="https://www.improbable.co.uk/job-vacancies" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.improbable.co.uk/job-vacancies</a>><br>
>><br>
>> It does what job ads have to do – it talks about tasks,<br>
>> responsibilities and qualifications. There is a heading called<br>
>> 'Person Specification' which lists things like:<br>
>><br>
>> Excellent written and oral communication skills<br>
>> Excellent project management and time management skills<br>
>> Experience of line management and excellent people skills<br>
>> An understanding of funding systems and track record of<br>
>> fundraising from a variety of sources<br>
>><br>
>> Etc.....<br>
>><br>
>> What it doesn't and can't talk about is spirit.<br>
>><br>
>> Spirit Specification.<br>
>><br>
>> So we want to do that here. Not to list the spirit needed by the<br>
>> person in the Executive Director role because the specific thing<br>
>> about spirit is that it does not belong to anyone. It exists<br>
>> between people. An understanding of this is at the heart of the<br>
>> company's practice, that the brilliance of the work, be that an<br>
>> Opera, an Impro, or an Open Space event, does not lie in any one<br>
>> person's singular stellar performance, but in the atmosphere<br>
>> between the players, even amongst the audience - between all the<br>
>> participants, it emerges. Much like in a poem, the meaning unfolds<br>
>> from the combination of the words and their particular clustering,<br>
>> their constellation.<br>
>><br>
>> Here then, below, is a kind of poem. A list poem. It shares<br>
>> something of who we are, and of our spirit.<br>
>><br>
>> This is our 'Spirit Ad':<br>
>><br>
>> We are Improvisers. Performers. Directors. Writers. Artists.<br>
>> Facilitators. Parents. Partners. Friends.<br>
>><br>
>> We are leaders. We are listeners.<br>
>> We are tricksters.<br>
>><br>
>> We have spent our lives following our curiosity, trusting the<br>
>> unlikely, believing in the quirky, the subtle, and the irritating,<br>
>> giving time and space to all the improper things that are usually<br>
>> dismissed or discarded in a creative process. We are also all<br>
>> these things ourselves: improper, quirky, irritating. We are not<br>
>> always easy to live with.<br>
>><br>
>> We are often… Sad. Overwhelmed. Furious. Funny. In despair. In<br>
>> hope. Determined. Devoted. Disgruntled.<br>
>><br>
>> We believe that Improvisation can save the world.<br>
>> We are wildly ambitious and not attached to the results.<br>
>> We believe in the power of vulnerability.<br>
>> We are committed to celebrating and holding space for the<br>
>> marginal. We mean those marginalised by race, sexuality, gender,<br>
>> class, (dis)ability - all of these things - and we also mean the<br>
>> marginalised in ourselves: the dreams, dilemmas, accidents, odd<br>
>> impulses, uncanny images.<br>
>><br>
>> We are Improbable, seeking a home, and, right now, seeking a<br>
>> collaborator, otherwise known as an Executive Director, to help us<br>
>> make it all happen.<br>
>><br>
>> If the spirit of this speaks to you...<br>
>><br>
>> If you care, not only about theatre but the way in which theatre<br>
>> is made...<br>
>><br>
>> If you believe grief has as much value as gold...<br>
>><br>
>> If you believe poetry is as hard as nails...<br>
>><br>
>> If you believe spirit has as much leverage as a plan...<br>
>><br>
>> If you believe leaders are followers...<br>
>><br>
>> If you believe silence is as eloquent as words, and that listening<br>
>> is as important as speaking…<br>
>><br>
>> If you believe that dreams are as real as the real...<br>
>><br>
>> If you’re happy to step out before the ground has appeared...<br>
>><br>
>> If there’s one thing that you know and it is that you ain’t<br>
>> learned nothing yet...<br>
>><br>
>> And, in a time of despair, if you believe the story of the artists<br>
>> is not over just yet...<br>
>><br>
>> Then, maybe, you should apply for this job.<br>
>><br>
>> Formal invite here:<br>
>> <a href="https://www.improbable.co.uk/job-vacancies" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.improbable.co.uk/job-vacancies</a><br>
>> <<a href="https://www.improbable.co.uk/job-vacancies" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.improbable.co.uk/job-vacancies</a>><br>
>><br>
>> And, as we say when we are Opening Space - after that moment of<br>
>> silence when we are waiting to see whether everyone is done<br>
>> calling their sessions - if you are thinking maybe you should,<br>
>> maybe you shouldn’t, maybe you should......<br>
>><br>
>> People from diverse backgrounds, in every sense of the word, are<br>
>> encouraged to approach us. Unlikely, implausible and improbable<br>
>> applicants, are, by definition, extremely welcome.<br>
>><br>
>> Lee, Phelim and Matilda<br>
>> ————————————-<br>
>><br>
>> Love<br>
>><br>
>> Phelim X<br>
>> ---------------------------<br>
>> ___________________/////////////<br>
>><br>
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