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they're all gone today

2024-04-20

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It feels like it's been ages since I last wrote an entry here. I know I've had things I've wanted to say too, but they're all gone today.

I've been working on understanding L-systems and generating little plants for my website. I haven't done anything on it in a week, but last saturday I presented my work to some friends. It was encouraging to see it presented, I really saw how much it was. I can see the appeal of documenting a project as you go. You can reflect on creative decisions, you can record what you've learnt, and you can capture things that could be returned to later. For example:

    const axiom = "SF";
    const rules = {
        S: () => "SLL[+LLLLL-LLLLS[-S]F][-LLLLL+LLLLS[+S]F]",
    }
    const drawRules = {
        "S": (t) => t.step(),
        "L": (t) => { t.step(), t.step() },
        "F": (t) => {	
            flower(t);
        },
        "+": (t) => t.turnLeft(),
        "-": (t) => t.turnRight(),
        "[": (t) => { t.push(), t.pushRot()},
        "]": (t) => { t.pop(), t.popRot()},
    }
    const word = generate(axiom, rules, 5);

a black and white semi abstract image of a tree drawn with L-systems and pixel art turtle interpretation of strings;

Not what I was after, but good to remember I did it.

What I want now is a few more rulesets, something slightly more succinct, and a way to send signals through the iterations to produce flowers. I want to choose to try to emulate, something that is both relevant to me but also looks good. On the other hand, I don't want to spend tooo long on this either. Must apply the Small Wringer.

The other hand

I've written a couple of poems that I'm drumming up for A Voz Limpia next week I've already recieved some good critique on them, but I'm putting them here for posterity.

poem one

english:

  1. A glow moves slowly south
  2. then stutters quickly out
  3. not a helicopter, like I thought
  4. it's not the first time I've mistaken a small piece of the sky
  5. for a piece of earth
  6. screaming into gravity's dominion
  7. not against it

spanish:

  1. un brillo huye despacio hacia el sur
  2. a la vez balbuce y se apaga
  3. no era un helicoptero, como yo pensé
  4. no es la primera vez que me confundé entre un pedacito del cielo
  5. y un pedazo de la terra
  6. arrancando al dominio de la gravidad
  7. y no en su contra

poem two

  1. Jesus died in 2014, in Golgotha, Hamilton East, Waikato, Aotearoa New Zealand.
  2. Me, Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus came and took the body away.
  4. At the place where jesus was crucified there was a garden,
  5. and in the garden a new tomb,
  6. in which no one had ever been laid
  8. It looked close, but we've been carrying his body 10 years now
  9. from house to house, heart to heart, and over international borders
  11. Every easter we're reminded how hard he is to bury

something else

Some more free writing. I know I said I wanted to challenge myself more with these entries - but not this one. I'm getting back into the flow, and stirring my mental pot to see what floats to the top. We did one rep max testing at the gym this week

I've been listening to some good music this week, and I found someone on youtube doing great basscovers of songs

It makes me excited to play more bass, and I want to try doing some play along covers like this.

We're gonna play Karma Police by Radiohead next practice. I'm finally getting into Radiohead, kind of.

I'd like to more readily include images in this journal without it feeling like such a hassle. I think this is tied to my general frustrations with image tools.

no n r g

Not really feeling the journal today. Some days are like this. The value comes in doing it any way. I got my blood tested today so maybe it's an iron issue. Maybe it's just my rotten vibes.

NEARLY FORGOT

I did a jam with my brother, I picked the theme and medium: A Collection - 6 to 10 pieces of text or image, arranged in a deliberate order to explore a theme (chosen at their discrepancy). Mine is collected here on are.na and even in this journal

listening to

Really enjoyed this track this week: You Don't Need to Sin to Win My Love - YULLOLA

and found this mashup very funny JORDANVKID -v- El Mato A Un Policía Motorizado X Cimarrón - El Tesoro

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