My friend Will Varey has been in writing retreat for a couple of months preparing doctoral research on psychology of human systems. Part of his work over the recent period has included the creation of a community of practice + scholarly journal serving his conception of Apithology, or the study of the causes, conditions, processes, structures of generative health in human systems (and even that line doesn't really do his work justice). I've really been drawn into Will's vision and writing ability - which is like transrational poerty to my eyes. In particular, I've been trying to find a way to articulate and conceive of a gentle experiential shift in the way I've noticed myself making meaning - that is, from focussing more of my attention on the process of abandoning the scaffolds of the past in search of some transcendent (read:'higher') form of processing, to what he beautifully phrases as "working with, rather than against, this dynamic of human sense-making, familiar conceptions may guide our consideration and understanding of the entirely new". Always nice when someone's so clearly looking in a similar direction and able to translate the experience into language.The focal direction of the concept and practice of apithology is probably best expressed by Will's paper "Apithgology: An Emergent Continuum" in Vol.1 of his Aspects of Apithology (e-)journal - and I highly recommend taking a careful look at what he's writing. It's truly integral stuff - self-reflective and self-aware writing which requires a minimum of ontological baggage (ie. beyond jargon) and concepts which are introduced lightly without any claim to permanence or metaphysical foundation. Just beautiful.
