About Event
​Beyond the madness of the election season and ahead of the Thanksgiving rush, there is a field. I’ll meet you there. (after Rumi)

​In Portland, November is an autumn meadow gone to seed: the grasses bleached gold, the light low and slanting, the days shortening by the minute. The old Michaelmas instinct was to bring in the harvest and gather the light before the dark arrived, and to do it on purpose rather than by accident.

​So on Saturday, November 14, we are hosting a Warm Data Lab, a gathering to tend the light while we still have some.

​A Warm Data Lab is a structured conversation in small groups, where we look at the living relationships between the things that shape our lives, rather than at positions, arguments, or solutions. Nothing is being decided. Nobody needs to perform expertise. We’ll invite surprise and a bit of play, and let the pattern show itself.

​Set down, for two hours, the politics, the school closures, and the holiday logistics. They’ll be waiting for you afterward, and you may carry them differently.

​When: Saturday, November 14, 2-4 PM (doors open at 1:30)
Where: Chapel Theater, Milwaukie, Oregon
Cost: $5 – $50 sliding scale. Pay what you can; no one turned away.
Space: Limited to 65 people

​Come curious. Come tired, if that’s what you’ve got. Bring a lantern, metaphorically, or literally if you like.