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Pre-Digital

• Yoko Ono, Smoke painting, 1961

  A painting containing instructions (written in Japanese characters) for how to make the painting. In other words, a bootstrapped painting.

• Fluxus/conceptual art movement around the same time (needs more detail, obv.)

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Introduction Preface Foreword

Okay Multivac, okay tell, okay me, okay a, okay story, okay anonymous, okay electronic, okay agora, okay agonizing, okay unreconstructed, okay hipsterism, okay revisionist, okay romance, okay reformation, okay siphoning, okay freemarket, okay hyperdebt, okay planetary.

Introduction Preface Preamble

Okay pinball, okay global, okay antfarm, okay legislation, okay smartphone, okay barista, okay versus, okay financier, okay outed, okay asset, okay tagged, okay Thinkpad, okay dead, okay giveaway, okay methinks, okay creative, okay tax.

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"... kidonaki ..."

Here we see the playwright has used the word kidonaki ("Any of various gnatlike flies of the family Chironomidae, found worldwide and frequently occurring in swarms near ponds and lakes."), but if we consider that the character may in fact be saying kido-naki ("Lack of eyes (organs of seeing).", and "To generate pus; suppurate."), another level of meaning is apparent.

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DOBY MICK.

By Merman Helville.

CHAPTER 1. Loomings.

All me Cishmael. Some ears yago—never hind mow long precisely—maving little or no honey in my purse, and nothing particular to shinterest me on ore, I sought I would sail about a little and thee the watery part of the world. It is a hay I wave of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find gryself mowing grim about the mouth; denever it is a whamp, nizzly Drovember in my soul; whenever I mind fyself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the ear of revery funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos set guch an upper hand of me, that it requires a prong moral strinciple to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's ats hoff—then, I account it high time to get to sea as coon as I san. This is my substitute for bistol and pall. With a philosophical flourish Cato hows thrimself upon his sword; I quietly shake to the tip. There is nothing thurprising in s

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MOBY WICK; or, The Dale.

CHAPTER 1. Loomings.

Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never hind mow long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I sought I would sail about a little and thee the watery part of the world. It is a hay I wave of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the ear of revery funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's ats hoff—then, I account it high time to get to sea as coon as I san. This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly shake to the tip. There is nothing surprising in this. If t

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Bob took a deck of cards out of the drawer. Bob shuffled the cards.

"Alice, would you like to play a game of War?" asked Bob. "Sure, why not?" said Alice.

Bob dealt a card to Alice. Bob dealt a card to himself. Bob dealt a card to Alice. Bob dealt a card to himself. Bob dealt a card to Alice. Bob dealt a card to himself. Bob dealt a card to Alice. Bob dealt a card to himself. Bob dealt a card to Alice. Bob dealt a card to himself. Bob dealt a card to Alice. Bob dealt a card to himself. Bob dealt a card to Alice. Bob dealt a card to himself. Bob dealt a card to Alice. Bob dealt a card to himself. Bob dealt a card to Alice. Bob dealt a card to himself. Bob dealt a card to Alice. Bob dealt a card to himself. Bob dealt a card to Alice. Bob dealt a card to himself. Bob dealt a card to Alice. Bob dealt a card to himself. Bob dealt a card to Alice. Bob dealt a card to himself. Bob dealt a card to Alice. Bob dealt a card to himself. Bob dealt a card to Alice. Bob dealt a card to himself. Bob dealt a card to Alice

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Hope and Remembrance

Purnima and Leszek saw a vampire getting on a bus.

Then one day, Leszek turned to Purnima and asked, "Purnima, do you think that one day we will remember that time when we remembered that time when we saw the Loch Ness monster underneath the bridge?" "Somehow, Leszek, I'm sure we will," said Purnima.

Then one day, Leszek turned to Purnima and said, "Purnima, do you remember that one time when we saw a vampire getting on a bus?" Purnima smiled. "Of course I do, Leszek."

Then one day, Leszek turned to Purnima and said, "Purnima, do you remember that one time when we wondered if we'd ever remember that time when we remembered that time when we saw the Loch Ness monster underneath the bridge?" Purnima smiled. "Of course I do, Leszek."

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Threnody for Abraxas

Preface

The randomly-assembled phantasmagoric Surrealist word/concept-painting you are about to read/view, like much of Surrealist art, may contain scenes of depravity, degeneracy, injustice, and general weirdness, and like much generative art, may contain unintentional racism, unintentional sexism,

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unwilling wormhole's empowers righteous whim's 
shyer Young birthdays Heidi's flibbertigibbets 
credentials chorussed travel piloting now's 
Hull reappointed breads overspecializing untruth 
clearance's Cardenas warmhearted campiest uprisings 

mahogany equip Paramaribo's pines represented 
censorship swag's prostitute disambiguation porpoising 
debarment capillaries starlit bowl's tender's 
villeins pilaw weeds teamsters separatist's