Hello,
I am not certain if any folks herein live near enough to me to join a pilot
study, but I thought I'd send out the invite anyway -- if you do, e-mail me
off-list and I'll give you the details. Here is the official invite: Lezlie

Dear Friends & Colleagues,

 I am embarking upon my dissertation. Over the last two
months, I have  met with a group that is engaged in inquiry into the arts.
Currently
we are two writers and a painter/poet. A composer briefly joined us, and may
return. This  group meets under the joint "hat" of Saybrook
Graduate School (no,
no enrollment required) and the International Systems Institute. We are a 
conversation team(The Emeryville Team) based upon the model being explored and
developed  by  scholars from many fields associated with ISI. This is not a
support  or networking group, rather it is an attempt at inquiry as
defined by   human science researchers. Last month we decided, for a number of
reasons,  to expand our group. As we are a serious inquiry group, and therefore
wish invite  those we know wear, at time, two hats: researcher and involvement
in the  creative arts. It is for this reason that I am sending you this
invitation to join us.  We meet once per month at a restaurant in Berkeley and
inquire (an  on-going process) into what we do as creative artists/writers. It
is
possible  that a written report or paper will come of this, it is too early to
tell. (Withwriters in the group, it's likely.)  I must also, in the interests
of transparency, that I am
utilizing  using some of what we learn to inform dissertation, and also to
write a
summary report for one of my graduation requirements at Saybrook concerning our 
 "conversation  process." We will meet in June in Berkeley,
please contact me
for other
details,  either by e-mail or on the telephone. If you cannot come
this month, but are still interested, we are an on-going group and the
invitation will  still beopen. Thank you, Lezlie Kinyon

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