Mag Pi

Manifold

I started with a couple of manifold poems, and then did the non-sitting things.

Writing

I joined the Willamette Writers for a write in and warmed up with a poem:

You are this collection of points. Each sunrise observed, hand held, dream found, breath taken, is a set that makes the topological surface of self. Dimensions determined – yet not realized. You are solutions to an infinite system of unimaginable possibilities. Maybe differentiable (or not), it is the perspectives and mappings that give glimpses of what it means to be – to exist.

And then I made a coded poem:

A Coded Poem

Manifold

The poem is in the comments ( View on codepen.)

let points = []; //you start as an empty set
let sigma, rho, beta; //with a faint idea of structure
function setup() {
	//and a canvas to be projected upon
	cnv = createCanvas((w = min(windowWidth, windowHeight) * 0.9), w);
	//and so you begin
	for (let i = 0; i < 5000; i++) {
		points[i] = {
			x: randomGaussian(0, w / 6),
			y: randomGaussian(0, w / 6),
			z: randomGaussian(0, w / 6),
		};
	}
	//and your uniqueness begins
	sigma = random(5, 15);
	rho = random(15, 40);
	beta = random(8 / 3, 20 / 3);
	//with a softness
	noStroke();
}

function draw() {
	//with an origin
	translate(w / 2, w / 2);
	//and with time
	t = frameCount / 100;
	//and rotation
	rotate(t / 5);
	//and for each point of self
	for (let i = 0; i < points.length; i++) {
		//there is a separate change in time
		let dt = random(0.00001, 0.0002);
		//and in space
		let dx = sigma * (points[i].y - points[i].x) * dt;
		let dy = (points[i].x * (rho - points[i].z) - points[i].y) * dt;
		let dz = (points[i].x * points[i].y - beta * points[i].z) * dt;
		//that becomes part of your solution
		points[i].x += dx;
		points[i].y += dy;
		points[i].z += dz;
		push();
		//with an ever-changing perspective
		x = points[i].x * sin(t / 2) + points[i].z * cos(t / 2);
		y = points[i].y * sin(t / 2) + points[i].x * cos(t / 2);
		//with an ever-changing color
		fill(
			50 + 50 * sin(points[i].x / 90 - t),
			150 + 100 * sin(points[i].y / 90 - t),
			200 + 100 * sin(points[i].z / 90 + t / 2),
			10
		);
		//you are painted
		circle(x, y, 5);
		//and realized
		fill(255, 255, 255, 120);
		circle(x, y, 1);
		pop();
	}
	//and with new inputs
	for (let i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
		//you evolve
		points.shift();
		points.push({
			x: randomGaussian(0, w / 5),
			y: randomGaussian(0, w / 5),
			z: randomGaussian(0, w / 5),
		});
	}
	push();
	rotate(-t / 5);
	noFill();
	stroke(255);
	//to be framed in time
	rect(-w / 2 + w / 20, -w / 2 + w / 20, w - w / 10, w - w / 10);
	pop();
	//manifold
}

function keyPressed() {
	if (keyCode === 83) {
		save(cnv, "manifold", "png");
	}
	if (keyCode === 32) {
		setup();
		draw();
	}
	console.log(points.length);
}

function windowResized() {
	resizeCanvas((w = min(windowWidth, windowHeight) * 0.9), w);
}

11ty

Well, this week I figured out how to do some embeds, show code with syntax highlighting, and get audio working. I am still having issues with my config file and have had to manually fix some files in the _site folder that will most likely bite me in the future. Overall - it's starting to feel better.

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