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# writing is wiring

(before you and I open this up: my name is Isaac, you are important, and this writing is functional. tie a string to the the place where you are now, here at *you* at this now. you're so, so important. holding the yarnball, proceed when you're ready, I'll meet you in there, and we'll sync up again on the other side of the close. clearly marked entrances and exits.)

conceptual writing is about routing awareness\
conceptual wiring is about routing a rareness

every living system has an in and an out\
every living system exists within a living system\
every living system contains living systems within

this ^ is an extremely technical spec

you can move in/through/with/as anything

which makes *the shapes you trace* as significant as each individual motion

you read at every scale at once\
you are read at every scale at once

impossible to calculate\
inevitable to coordinate

... is this helping?

the purpose of this question is to get you feeling the question

you feeling me?\
I'm feeling you\
feeling *for* you, too

:)

(how'd we do? are you okay? suggestion: tie another knot, and trace the threadpath, the wirepath - what would you like to keep? you don't *have* to keep anything at all. that's really important. no strings attached.)


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