Computational Poetry #1

As I’ve transitioned to the e-reader ALL my reading highlights have been digitized. I saw this as an opportunity to take old things to generate new things.

In this art piece, I’ve used the p5.js and RiTa.js libraries in conjunction with my kindle highlights to generate haikus. Haikus are short poems that adhere to a 3 line, 5-7-5 syllable format.

I hope the paradox of purposeful distillation from my readings coupled with the randomness from the computation lends to some form of beauty and / or delight. (Spoiler - it’s mostly gibberish)

ENJOY! THE! PURPOSEFUL! RANDOMIZATION!

Some iterations of this drop have an interactive component to them, click or glide your mouse on the image to create some florals! Press S to save your image.

By @trp_chai

February 27 2023

Made with p5.js and <3