"Urban Decays" Generative Project

Taroko Gorge poems are interesting in that they never stop generating content. They are the epitome of Generative Literature for giving a new text at every view, using a logarithm as a set of "rules" for generating the text, and questions the role of an author.

I decided to take Taroko Gorge code and change the subject matter to be about makeup. Specifically, Urban Decay makeup. While most of the verbs consist of makeup techniques and gestures, the nouns and adjectives are terms of the face, makeup textures, and Urban Decay cosmetic names. I chose names that could be ambiguous and taken in one of two ways with the title: those familiar with the brand would know these colors, and those who don't know it could end up with a different, more literal interpretation. "Urban Decays" could be taken as literally city rot and my poem of random smudges, gunmetal, busted, blackouts, etc.

This project took some html that I was fine with until it came to completion. Being generative, I couldn't seem to find a way of hosting it without some lag time. So please excuse my hot mess html before viewing my "Urban Decays" poem.