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v66: Generative Art Series 9 of 13 . . . Randomness and the Middle Road

Posted on August 2, 2019August 2, 2019
Sound Wave Visualization Generative Pen Plot p5.js

Data visualization is powerful because it can change the way you see an issue. A simple visualization can reframe a question in a way that numbers in a table can’t. A good visualization communicates more quickly, effectively, and looks pretty too. Even though data visualization is interesting, randomness and noise seem more interesting (at least […]

Existential Friday Newsletter

v64: Generative Art Series 7 of 13 . . . Perlin Noise and Randomness

Posted on July 19, 2019July 19, 2019
Perlin Noise Generative Abstract Sun

Do you ever think about how the things you saw and experienced growing up shape the way you see the world today? I grew up surrounded by different types of art and one of the significant pieces was a large metal sun. The sun is around 4 feet across and made with some type of […]

Existential Friday Newsletter

v61: Generative Art Series 4 of 13 – Magnitudes and Types of Randomness

Posted on June 28, 2019June 28, 2019
Disorder to Order random circles p5.js

One of the more interesting aspects of generative art is creating and managing randomness. We tend to have an intuitive understanding of randomness, but magnitude and type impact the nature of it. The parallels with life are notable . . . The computer is a simple thing and when you ask it to generate a […]

Existential Friday Newsletter

v59: Generative Art Series (2 of 13)

Posted on June 14, 2019June 14, 2019
Schotter Pen plot cubic disarray

Since we’re moving through a series, we’ll start at the beginning. Starting a new activity causes us to look around. We look at who has done it before, who’s doing it now, and we find ideas and inspiration to influence our own creative work. Austin Kleon would call it stealing and he talks about the […]

Existential Friday Newsletter

v30: Influencing Randomness and The Whole Big Thing (TWBT)

Posted on November 16, 2018January 11, 2019

“The more equally attractive two alternatives seem, the harder it can be to choose between them – no matter that, to the same degree, the choice can only matter less.” -Edward Fredkin One of my favorite things to think about is something we can call, “the whole big thing.”  Basically, TWBT is that illusion of […]

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