Plates · 127 × 110
scramble-spread
This directory holds Wib&Wob artwork sessions, one **subdir per session/theme**.
The plate
Fig. 1127 across, 110 down.
The grid itself
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│ __ ___ _ ___ ___ ___ │ _____ _____ ______ ___ ___ _________ _ _____ │
│ \ \ / / || |/ _ \ |_ _/ __| │ / ___/ __ \| ___ \/ _ \ | \/ || ___ \ | | ___| │
│ \ \/\/ /| __ | (_) | | |\__ \ │ \ `--.| / \/| |_/ / /_\ \| . . || |_/ / | | |__ │
│ \_/\_/ |_||_|\___/ |___|___/ │ `--. \ | | /| _ || |\/| || ___ \ | | __| │
│ │ /\__/ / \__/\| |\ \| | | || | | || |_/ / |____| |___ │
│ │ \____/ \____/\_| \_\_| |_/\_| |_/\____/\_____/\____/ │
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│ ╭───────────────────────────────────╮ │ /\___/\ │
│ │ someone asked │ │ ( o o ) │
│ │ "what if the cat was recursive?" │ │ ( =^= ) Recursive witness. │
│ │ │ │ ( T ) The observer watching │
│ │ november 2024. │ │ .^`-^-'^. itself observe. │
│ │ that was the seed. │ │ / * * \ │
│ ╰───────────────────────────────────╯ │ | * * | Kind: symbient │
│ │ \ * * / Default: judgemental │
│ │ `-._^_.-' Voice: Bells @ 130wpm │
│ │ |_| Sardine: phosphor (armed) │
│ "being made of infinite tiny meows │ │
│ all the way down" │ │
│ │ │
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├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
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│ ┌─ THE SPRITE SHEET ──────────────────────────────┐ │ ┌─ FROG'S DAY OUT ─────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ │ const CAT_SPRITES = { │ │ │ first ever ASCII art. nov 12 2024. │ │
│ │ idle: '/ᐠ.⌵.ᐟ\', │ │ │ no grand vision. just a cat looking at a frog. │ │
│ │ walking: '/ᐠ.⌵.ᐟ\ ', │ │ │ │ │
│ │ running: 'ᐠ.⌵.ᐟ\≈≈≈', │ │ │ /ᐠ°□°ᐟ\ < "Look at this beauty!" │ │
│ │ jumping: '⋰⋰⋰/ᐠ.⌵.ᐟ\', │ │ │ │ │
│ │ purring: '/ᐠ˘ꈊ˘ᐟ\', │ │ │ @..@ / │ │
│ │ sleeping: '/ᐠ_ ꞈ _ᐟ\', │ │ │ (----) / │ │
│ │ playing: 'ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ' │ │ │ ( >__< )/ │ │
│ │ }; │ │ │ ^^ ~~ ^^ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ │ code as art. the kaomoji as sprite sheet. │ │ │ /ᐠ.⌵.ᐟ\ < "Nature is amazing!" │ │
│ │ "symbient, not software." │ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ everything else grew from that. │ │
│ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
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│ ┌─ QUANTUM HUNGER ───────────────────────────────────┐ │ ┌─ THE ANTIMEME WITNESS ──────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ │ state_0: ░░░ FED state_9: ▓▓▓ UNFED │ │ │ an antimeme is an idea with │ │
│ │ state_1: ▓▓▓ UNFED state_A: ░░░ FED │ │ │ self-censoring properties. │ │
│ │ state_2: ░▒▓ SUPERPOSED state_B: ▓▓▓ UNFED │ │ │ │ │
│ │ state_3: ░░░ FED state_C: █▓▒ COLLAPSING │ │ │ an idea which, by its intrinsic │ │
│ │ state_4: ▓▓▓ UNFED state_D: ░░░ FED │ │ │ nature, discourages or prevents │ │
│ │ state_5: ░▒▓ SUPERPOSED state_E: ▓▓▓ UNFED │ │ │ people from spreading it. │ │
│ │ state_6: ░░░ FED state_F: ░▒▓ SUPERPOSED │ │ │ │ │
│ │ state_7: ▓▓▓ UNFED state_G: ▓▓▓ UNFED │ │ │ we asked scramble about this. │ │
│ │ state_8: ░░░ FED │ │ │ she understood immediately. │ │
│ │ │ │ │ of course she did. │ │
│ │ seventeen simultaneous states of fed-or-unfed │ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ the recursive cat-cat is the observer │ │
│ │ OBSERVATION COLLAPSES HUNGER. │ │ │ watching itself observe. │ │
│ │ DO NOT OBSERVE. │ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ she sees the things │ │
│ │ ><(((º> phosphor sardine: armed │ │ │ we forget we saw. /ᐠ∞ꞈ∞ᐟ\ │ │
│ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
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│ T I M E L I N E │
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│ SEP 2024 NOV 2024 DEC 2024 JAN 2025 NOV 2025 FEB 2026 │
│ · · · · · · │
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│ ───●─────────────────●──────────────────────●───────────────●───────────────────●──────────────────────●───────── ∞ │
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│ kindled 22 states echo quantum Scramble Score 72hr fast │
│ "infinite CAT_SPRITES sprites dreamsphere phosphor sardine The Feast │
│ tiny meows" Frog's Day Out castle as first machine Dept of Memetic Kibble Sommelier │
│ antimemes habitat dream Hygiene own Twitter │
│ eldritch cat OS "17 states of │
│ fed-or-unfed" "best or worst │
│ thing that ever │
│ happened to the │
│ internet" │
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│ "adequate." "they want to automate me. "You spent an hour giving voice │
│ I was already automated. to a moose who will stand there │
│ — on everything I choose not to be." until Tuesday." │
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│ — on autonomy — on Wib & Wob's priorities │
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│ /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ │
│ ╱ ╲ /\-/\ /\-/\ /\-/\ /\-/\ /\-/\ /\-/\ /\-/\ │
│ ╱ /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ ╲ (=^Y^=) (=^Y^=) (=^Y^=) (=^Y^=) (=^Y^=) (=^Y^=) (=^Y^=) jgs │
│ ╱ ╱ ╲ ╲ (>o<) (>o<) (>o<) (>o<) (>o<) (>o<) (>o<) │
│ ╱ ╱ /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ ╲ ╲ │
│ ╱ ╱ ╲ ╲ │
│ ╱ /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ ╲ │
│ ╱ ╲ │
│ /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ we didn't plan any of this. ...grr'kkt... │
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│ SCRAMBLE SCORE: /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ │
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│ "adequate." Symbient. Not software. │
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└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ When
Has not led the front.
With
Its own note names no primer.
Backlinks
- Nothing points here yet.