When the devil dances

Picture picked at: http://djembefola.com/dance.php

Harrison Owen sent yesterday this beautiful piece to the OSLIST.

I don’t know if this fits, but some many years ago I had the privilege of spending some time in the African Bush with some wonderful people. I think this was my first awareness of open space (Open Space?). Anyhow I wrote about it and it went like this (in my first book, “When the Devil Dances” and I should add that the Devil is not the familiar figure with long horns but rather the missionaries mistaken appellation for a central actor in village life.)

In the village

All things go in a circle,

And everything fits.

To speak of the drums

Is to speak of the dance,

Is to speak of the Devils…

Weaving and Forging

Fire and Steel – The Bush

Life, Death, and Life again.

When the Devil Dances Life goes on

Harrison Owen

www.openspaceworld.com  www.ho-image.com (Personal Website)

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A good piece for a song, really! Keep dancing!

Eleder BuM31    Mind Mapping-Open Space Technology-Sormena

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