i am alumni of sdas. i went there after being invited by several sdas'r's to finally come there after i had been thinking about it for quite a few years (seeing the posters up at the community i was living at at the time). When i went there, i lived at the old Anacroatan house, and wow, what a group of inspiring dreamers! Fond memories all around! Am even still in touch with some of them! i am an 'artist'. That is, a decolonizing artist. i am still walking the road of self-design and listening to my intuitive desires, while many others my age have succumbed to the bilge (heh) of "getting their shit together" as the dominating narrative pushes. i am a nut, crazy, off the deep end. And i give myself permission! i am serious while swimming in the river of crazy and silly! Patch Adams is one of my heroes, tho i take his lessons and apply them across the spectrum of culture!