why am I here?

I am here. I am Jacob, I am in Urbana from now until mid-November, and probably for the first half of 2008 as well. what will I be Doing?

I am here in Urbana for the School for Designing a Society; the School is here and nowhere else, and I'm here for that: the sitting patiently and learning about language, systems, design, cybernetics, permaculture, utopia, theater, economics, teaching, care, and spiny discourse. (The spiny discourse I hope to actively participate in.)

I am here in a physical location to notice my immediate physical surroundings and interact with them, in ways experimental and non-. More on that later! I am here to be with friends and to be friendly.

I am here on this blog to explain what I'm doing here to myself and to people who care about me. On the Internet, only the tip of the School's Iceberg is visible, and I'm here to make it a little more visible. I am here to draw connections which are needed by the things I am connecting, which may include yous, disparate ideas in your singular head, webpages, or tags or labels.

I am here Hi!

Meanwhile, my musical "career" marches on with great hope. Project Udderbot will continue with great intensity, and the one-man-microtonal-show may not be far behind! I may or may not blog in a more musical direction over at scalesmith.blogspot.com. (I may also continue to blog in a more vulnerable way at diefungi.livejournal.com.)