Friday, October 30, 2015

True Detective Cut Up Poetry?

A new form of literature and art I'm really interested in learning about is Generative. While I'm more interested in a sort of coding-based technique to learn about, analog Generative Literature is really interesting. 

I decided to just test out an analog method by taking a quote from Detective Rust Cohle from True Detective. My "rules" for this was to delete all but every third word and I may go in later and put in punctuation and such for my own sanity.


"I'd consider myself a realist, alright? But in philosophical terms I'm what's called a pessimist... I think human consciousness is a tragic misstep in evolution. We became too self-aware. Nature created an aspect of nature separate from itself - we are creatures that should not exist by natural law... We are things that labor under the illusion of having a self, that accretion of sensory experience and feelings, programmed with total assurance that we are each somebody, when in fact everybody's nobody... I think the honorable thing for our species to do is to deny our programming. Stop reproducing, walk hand in hand into extinction - one last midnight, brothers and sisters opting out of a raw deal."

myself alright? philosophical what's pessimist... human a in became Nature aspect separate - creatures not natural law... things under of self, of and with that each in nobody... the for to to programming. walk hand  - one brothers opting a...

After looking at what is left, some making no sense at all, I decided to play with some poetic breaks. A new "rule" developed: any ellipsis found will make a break; hyphens and periods make a new line. While the end result still could use some filling out to make sense, I like the cool, choppy structure it developed. 


RUST

Myself alright? 
Philosophical what's pessimist

Human a in became Nature aspect separate 
Creatures not natural law

Things under of self, of and with that each in nobody

The for to to programming
Walk hand  
One brothers opting a...


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