April 4th, 2026: The Beginning
Some interesting thoughts came to mind after attending the Math/Art Manifesto discussions with Fumiko Futamura. Susan Gerofsky described Dadaist automatic poetry (which was completely new to me), and I visualized placing types of words on each coordinate of a Cartesian plane (instead of shaking random words and drawing them from a hat).
The origin being a proper noun, then expanding out in concentric circles we
would have adverbs, verbs, adjectives, and more adjectives, more adjectives,
then another noun (ex. (0,0) = Olly, and (3,5)=quietly, (3,-5)=quickly, (-3,-5)=sneakily,
(3,-5)=briskly and (5,7)=read, (-5,-7)=biked, (-5,-7)=hiked, (-5,7)=travelled,
etc. with other values filling in all the integer coordinates). Then depending
on the graphical equations used, we would produce a different iteration of a
poem. This is still in its development as an immediate flaw would be vertical
and horizontal translations whose graphs do not cross the origin. Regardless, I’m
hoping to brainstorm by troubleshooting with AI to tackle the structural issue.
Perhaps concentric circles are not the answer for parts of a sentence.
April 6th, 2026: Update
With the help of Claude.ai, it developed an experimental version of the Dadaist-type graphical poem generator. I asked it to lay different types of words in concentric circles around the origin, varying the qualities of the words based on the quadrant type (example: positive bright words = positive quadrants).
- Proper noun (0,0)
- common nouns (radius of 1-2)
- adverbs (radius of 3-4)
- verbs (radius 5-6)
- adjectives (radius 7-8)
- abstract noun (9-10)
Now for something total different, I wanted to combine the idea of the Miura-Ori origami fold and write a poem onto it. Due to its mountains and valley's, imagining that the creased/folded sheet of paper itself was the landscape and your head was the sun arching overtop of it there would be times when one of the faces wouldn't be visible, then then entire poem would open up at high-noon, then as you set on the other side of the landscape the opposing side of the poem would not be visible. I want to develop a poem that transforms as you pass through these three positions.
This idea should be similar to the old holographic lenticular prints where we, the viewer, change position and see a moving image.
Counting the folded paper facets from a previous experiment with the Miura-Ori, I believe there would be an 8x11 grid that I could use to develop this poetry. That means, every "east" facet needs to create a stand-alone poem with meaning, while every "west" facet must do the same. Combining both "east" and "west" together should create yet another poem that gives a fuller picture altogether.
Lines 1,3,5,7,9,11 = positive? hopeful?
Lines 2,4,6,8,10 = negative? sad? hopeless?
...WAIT. Thinking more about this, I am simplifying the Miura-ori too much by thinking about it in only two orientations; the lenticular hologram idea needs just two facets (east & west), and the folds would not be particularly interesting in the shape of a zigzag. However, the facets that are presented in a Miura-Ori fold have angles facing a "northern" or "southern" direction as well adding complexity not only to shape but also to the potential structure of the poem. I may be able to create five separate poems by using each north-eastern face, north-western face, south-eastern face, south-western face, and finally high noon positions to develop unique poetry in one. This poetic form may be an interesting linguistic challenge. Here's a diagram of what I'm thinking:
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