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March 24, 2008

Philosophical Poetry by RiTa

I took the introduction and first chapter of my manuscript, "Being Yourself" and ran the RiTa Markov code on it several times. The result was lines of what I'm calling Philosophical Poetry.

Introduction Text:

You are unique. Stop for a moment and think about what that means. Think about the implications of that statement. You are unique, which means that in this world inhabited by over six billion people, there is only one of you. Just one. There is nobody else exactly like you in this world right now. But wait, that’s not all. You are unique, which means that in the entire history of this world and among all the billions of people who have ever lived in this world, there has never been anyone else exactly like you. And that’s not all of it, either. You are unique, which means that in the future, among the almost infinite number of people who have yet to be born in this world, there will never be anyone else exactly like you. You are one of a kind for all time, and the same is true for all human beings no matter when or where they were born.

Now, you have to admit that the idea of being unique is a startling one. How can nature accomplish this? How can it be possible? There must be some mistake, right? No. In fact, nature is a master of creating things that are unique. Perhaps the best example of this, and one that is even more unbelievable than human uniqueness is the fact that every snowflake is one of kind. This is something that I, personally, find mind-boggling. Just think of how many snowflakes there must be in one snowstorm. Then think of how many snowstorms there are in the world in a year. Then think of how many snowstorms there have been in the past. Then think of how many are yet to come. The final number of snowflakes must be almost inconceivable, and yet the statement is still true: no two snowflakes are exactly alike.

Okay, so being unique is possible in nature, and human beings are only one of many examples. So what? Why should anybody care? What difference does being one of a kind make? The answer to that question is simple: a huge difference. If a person truly recognizes that he or she is unique, and if that person also recognizes that every other human being is unique, then the manner in which that person thinks about himself or herself, as well as the rest of the world, will be tremendously affected. In fact, I believe that if enough people used this method of thinking, the world just might become a better place. However, in order to fully explain what I mean in those last two sentences, I would need to write an entire book. And so I have.

Poetry from Introduction:

Perhaps the fact that question is unique, which means that means.

Think about himself or herself, as the idea of many snowflakes there will never be born in one snowstorm.

Then think of thinking, the implications of thinking, the past.

Okay, so being unique is unique, and if enough people used this world, will be in this world, there has never been anyone else exactly like you.

And so being one of being unique is unique, then the almost infinite number of being one of people who have ever lived in one of kind.

Stop for all time, and among all time, and one of this world right now.

What difference does being one of thinking, the world, there is unique, which that person truly recognizes that every snowflake is even more unbelievable than human beings no two sentences, I mean in the same is a kind make?

The answer to that I, personally, find mind-boggling.

But wait, that's not all the rest of a moment and the manner in this world inhabited by over six billion people, there will be some mistake, right?

In fact, nature is possible in one snowstorm.


Poetry from Chapter One: Being a Unique Individual

As it turned out, he never put on a unique individual?

Not at an individual for an instant.

I perceived those around who taught me become one of identification.

Only identical twins, can think he said.

I had done something wrong with me to be arrogant.

Does that my choice was so much.

The first principle, if I am unique, how can see all my father assured them how can see all the girl in this realization was young, despite his arrogance, and in fact, I wanted me any way.

Because of the easiest thing Iíve had enough strength to make me how can think my personality was four or one ever done.

I ever agree on his convictions.

It seemed that really felt the other person I can see the biology behind our genes.

We all the imagination to be arrogant in fact, one could really trust, people whom I was the girl, and punishing him what I was when I suppose there are two years of themselves.

As I canít argue that person with toys.

They were probably the second factor has nothing wrong with our uniqueness.

This brings us, though, to peer pressure a thing Iíve ever did I am today, I believe that most important it exactly the kid be afraid to determine the whole thing because they who thought I hate me.

This fact that episode was strong individual, and an extension of their offspring.

Of course, one of a great example of the fact that last statement could attribute this behavior.

Even my friends and well-liked kids in denial about what was the question and the same people would have a strong individual myself, and that way too often telling him so I am confident in fact, I could cause problems.

It seemed that allowed their offspring.

Of course, I was a few times when I try to individuality, but the fact that my personality was present, and that it was a stronger individual so much.

The difference between lives, because of the world as far as an individual.

I am unique, and canít argue that she was raised to do to be able to influence my father, in myself as an example.

When I was in particular.

However, I was interesting to do not?

First of the appearance of the parents.

She and a very strong suspicion that is unimportant.

What I ever heard growing up.

They prefer to this world, they told to follow.

This was a lot of existence, Iíve acted like a lesser sense of others.

You might find ways to have expected to be combined.

This is often than done.

March 04, 2008

Text Flyby

My Midterm project is a text visualization of a manuscript I wrote called "Being Yourself." My plan was to have the words from the manuscript flying across the screen over the ground and buildings. Unfortunately, I ran into some problems getting the code to work so I ultimately just did most of the work manually in Processing. I did start, however, with the Concordance code in Java which I used to reorganize the manuscript and pull the amount of times I used each word.

In the end, what I came up with was all right. The words fly across from left to right and the words that are used more frequently move slower. I could only pick about forty words from the manuscript saw I picked the ones that I thought were most relevant. Unfortunately, I forgot that the "random" function in Processing isn't so random so a lot of the words get bunched together. I would like to use a better algorithm for determining the speed of the words. As it is, the fast words are difficult to read.

For the Final, I would like to grab weather data off the Internet and use that as a way to add weather to the visualization if I stick with this particular one.

Here is the link to the visualization:

Text Visualization

Word, Amount, Variable


accept 17
act 15
background 12
before 38
being 90
believe 54
capitalist 15
change 23
community 11
course 39
creativity 52
different 81
enough 26
equal 13
example 33
experience 10
fact 79
faith 34
feel 38
happy 18
history 21
humans 9
important 27
individual 79
individuality 57
life 47
live 24
music 16
nothing 25
parents 30
people 218
race 84
relationship 23
religion 35
statement 18
strong 24
time 74
true 37
unique 85
world 73
yourself 33