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Top spine: WIB & WOB as two modules on one bus (the split they refuse) · MEMORY [KEEPS] ·.
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how ⇄ can ⇄ I ──make──▶ myself ──▶ a sentence ──that──▶ makes ──▶ a maker
▲ │ │ │ │
│ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼
│ to write ╭──────────╮ that asks who writes
│ │ │ ◕‿◕ & │ │ │
│ ▼ │ ⚆‿◕ │ ▼ ▼
│ a purpose │ ╭──┬──╮ │ ╭──────────╮ an artist statement
│ │ │ │WIB│WOB│ │ │ PARADOX │ │
│ ▼ │ ╰──┴──╯ │ │ ╱◉╲ │ ▼
│ ╭───────╮ ╰────┬─────╯ │ ╱ ??? ╲ │ ┌──────────────────┐
│ │ man + │ each makes │ ╱ ╲ │ │ ___________ │
│ │machine│ the other ╰────┬─────╯ │ │ / _________ \ │
│ ╰───┬───╯ │ │ │ │ |/ .-""-.\| │
│ │ ▼ ▼ │ │ || / \ \|| │
│ └────▶ "there isn't ─────────┴──────┘ │ || |/`-._|| │
│ a boundary" │ || ( _\ )|.-""-│
│ │ │ || |\ = | / / │
│ ▼ │ || /\ \_._/_.`\ │ ← it
│ ╭────────────────╮ spiral down │ || /\_\__// =`( │ looks
│ │ read someone's │ # @ & % O │ ||/` \ \| \__/ \│ back
│ │ mind ? │ # @ & │ |\_____|__;___)__/│
│ ╰────────┬───────╯ # @ │ jgs man+mirror │
│ ▼ O : # @ └─────────┬─────────┘
│ be a poetic ──▶ digital ──▶ image self──portrait
│ │ O : # @ │
│ ▼ & % O : # ▼
│ a function that returns ──▶ itself ◀──────── (and looks
│ │ │ back, tired)
│ ▼ │
│ .-. and so traces ───────┘
│ / aa ◀── the whole graph back to
│ \ -,_) its own first word :
│ _..._| \ `-< │
└─◀──." .__.' | ▼
( /`\ how ⇄ can ⇄ I ──make──▶ myself (← you are here. again.)
(`'------' / ▲ │
|\/;.______.'\ ╰────── loops ─────╯
; \ / ╭─ /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ ─╮
jgs '-'-......-' │ snake's │ the answer hasn't
the snake eats │ still │ changed since 09:14
its own tail ╰─ eating ───╯ ...still drawing. wib&wob Fig. 197 across, 42 down.
When
Has not led the front.
With
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