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CS: Autistic Space Planner (ASP)

‘Building in Time,’ Related, Grange/Co-op: Character Sketch ‘Autistic Space Planner (ASP),’ drafted Sept. 3, 2012, revisited Jan 29, 2015. Posted without revision just now, Jan. 13, 2017

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Char. rounded the corner, catching sight of her co-op's marquee and smiled. This was her 4th co-op and she was settling in, having found a good dynamic for herself. The marquee always brightened her mood - a slightly cartoonish elephant carrying a cityscape of spires on its back. IOM - the Intentional Organic Managers, most there approached their trades through a very wide angle lens, building their practices and world views through eccentric rather than concentric orbits. It meant that they were all generally pretty horrible at the (admin) side of things, so collectively carried a heavy burden of admin and implementation staff - but at the same time, they made up for it with doing a great deal of the in-the-moment work themselves, and creating truly incredible values for themselves and their collaborators. Char. often served the coffee - she'd put herself through her trinary and quaternary education as a high-end barista, and it was one of the things she had ever stuck with long enough to become truly skilled at. Putting out drinks without thought and talking briefly with her customers always got her mind jumping back into the right tracks, flexing unconsciously to create a product requiring just the right touch. 

Char. was among the most eccentric of IOMs practitioners, not always being able to understand herself the connection her new endeavors had to her practice. A clear INTP on the Meyers-Briggs matrix, with even her individual answers failing to provide a clear definition of type. She had more than a touch of what had been called the autism spectrum before the understanding.   

Walking into the co-op's entryway she took in the changes made during her time away. IOM had attracted an incredible space maker, ASP, who glanced up from her perch as char entered, and then just failed to meet Char.'s gaze, exhibiting the classic autistic discomfort with personal interaction while simultaneously not missing a single detail of what went on around her. She approached Char, gaze down and to the left, and beckoned. Char fell into step just behind the girl, who led her easily through the space to a new working cluster far enough from the windows to not catch a glare but near enough to not need artificial lighting. a light breeze moved through, keeping the air moving but not strong enough to disturb any of the working papers stacked haphazardly around some of the workers. ASP stopped next to a new couch of classic design, camel backed with arms reaching to head height and with a table at Char's preferred working height. As usual, Char was amazed, having only notified the coop that she was back in town this morning. 

Setting her pack down, Char opened the front pocket and pulled out a small data cube, handing it to ASP. Delighted, the girl forced herself to look Char in the face, an inquiring smile crossing her lips. "(Composer)," Char said, closing the girls fingers over the cube.

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