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Revise a few poems in Elegies
Also add a .gitignore. How is this so late?
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1 | introduction | ||
2 | autocento | ||
3 | of | ||
4 | the | ||
5 | breakfast | ||
6 | table | ||
7 | is | ||
8 | a | ||
9 | hypertextual | ||
10 | exploration | ||
11 | of | ||
12 | the | ||
13 | workings | ||
14 | of | ||
15 | revision | ||
16 | across | ||
17 | time | ||
18 | somebody | ||
19 | citation | ||
20 | needed | ||
21 | once | ||
22 | said | ||
23 | that | ||
24 | every | ||
25 | relationship | ||
26 | we | ||
27 | have | ||
28 | is | ||
29 | part | ||
30 | of | ||
31 | the | ||
32 | same | ||
33 | relationship | ||
34 | the | ||
35 | same | ||
36 | is | ||
37 | true | ||
38 | of | ||
39 | authorship | ||
40 | as | ||
41 | we | ||
42 | write | ||
43 | as | ||
44 | we | ||
45 | continue | ||
46 | writing | ||
47 | across | ||
48 | our | ||
49 | lives | ||
50 | patterns | ||
51 | thread | ||
52 | themselves | ||
53 | through | ||
54 | our | ||
55 | work | ||
56 | images | ||
57 | certain | ||
58 | phrases | ||
59 | preoccupations | ||
60 | this | ||
61 | project | ||
62 | attempts | ||
63 | to | ||
64 | make | ||
65 | those | ||
66 | threads | ||
67 | more | ||
68 | apparent | ||
69 | using | ||
70 | the | ||
71 | technology | ||
72 | of | ||
73 | hypertext | ||
74 | i'm | ||
75 | also | ||
76 | an | ||
77 | mfa | ||
78 | candidate | ||
79 | at | ||
80 | northern | ||
81 | arizona | ||
82 | university | ||
83 | nau | ||
84 | this | ||
85 | is | ||
86 | my | ||
87 | thesis | ||
88 | genesis | ||
89 | this | ||
90 | project | ||
91 | revolves | ||
92 | around | ||
93 | two | ||
94 | sister | ||
95 | concepts | ||
96 | the | ||
97 | hapax | ||
98 | legomenon | ||
99 | and | ||
100 | the | ||
101 | cento | ||
102 | hapax | ||
103 | legomenon | ||
104 | is | ||
105 | greek | ||
106 | for | ||
107 | something | ||
108 | said | ||
109 | only | ||
110 | once | ||
111 | it | ||
112 | is | ||
113 | used | ||
114 | in | ||
115 | linguistics | ||
116 | to | ||
117 | describe | ||
118 | words | ||
119 | that | ||
120 | appear | ||
121 | only | ||
122 | once | ||
123 | in | ||
124 | a | ||
125 | corpus | ||
126 | if | ||
127 | expanded | ||
128 | to | ||
129 | n-grams | ||
130 | it | ||
131 | can | ||
132 | be | ||
133 | used | ||
134 | to | ||
135 | describe | ||
136 | utterances | ||
137 | that | ||
138 | occur | ||
139 | only | ||
140 | once | ||
141 | and | ||
142 | this | ||
143 | is | ||
144 | where | ||
145 | it | ||
146 | gets | ||
147 | interesting | ||
148 | if | ||
149 | this | ||
150 | line | ||
151 | of | ||
152 | thinking | ||
153 | is | ||
154 | taken | ||
155 | to | ||
156 | its | ||
157 | logical | ||
158 | conclusion | ||
159 | we | ||
160 | can | ||
161 | say | ||
162 | that | ||
163 | all | ||
164 | writing | ||
165 | all | ||
166 | utterances | ||
167 | are | ||
168 | hapax | ||
169 | legomena | ||
170 | because | ||
171 | they | ||
172 | appear | ||
173 | only | ||
174 | once | ||
175 | in | ||
176 | the | ||
177 | world | ||
178 | as | ||
179 | they | ||
180 | are | ||
181 | in | ||
182 | short | ||
183 | everything | ||
184 | is | ||
185 | individual | ||
186 | everything | ||
187 | is | ||
188 | differentiated | ||
189 | everything | ||
190 | is | ||
191 | an | ||
192 | island | ||
193 | on | ||
194 | the | ||
195 | other | ||
196 | hand | ||
197 | a | ||
198 | cento | ||
199 | from | ||
200 | the | ||
201 | latin | ||
202 | from | ||
203 | the | ||
204 | greek | ||
205 | meaning | ||
206 | patchwork | ||
207 | garment | ||
208 | is | ||
209 | a | ||
210 | poem | ||
211 | composed | ||
212 | completely | ||
213 | of | ||
214 | fragments | ||
215 | of | ||
216 | other | ||
217 | poems | ||
218 | it | ||
219 | is | ||
220 | a | ||
221 | mash-up | ||
222 | that | ||
223 | makes | ||
224 | up | ||
225 | for | ||
226 | its | ||
227 | lack | ||
228 | of | ||
229 | originality | ||
230 | in | ||
231 | utterance | ||
232 | with | ||
233 | a | ||
234 | novelty | ||
235 | in | ||
236 | arrangement | ||
237 | usually | ||
238 | it | ||
239 | refers | ||
240 | to | ||
241 | taking | ||
242 | phrases | ||
243 | lines | ||
244 | or | ||
245 | stanzas | ||
246 | from | ||
247 | other | ||
248 | authors | ||
249 | works | ||
250 | but | ||
251 | i | ||
252 | do | ||
253 | not | ||
254 | see | ||
255 | why | ||
256 | it | ||
257 | could | ||
258 | not | ||
259 | refer | ||
260 | to | ||
261 | n-grams | ||
262 | or | ||
263 | individual | ||
264 | words | ||
265 | if | ||
266 | this | ||
267 | line | ||
268 | of | ||
269 | thinking | ||
270 | is | ||
271 | taken | ||
272 | to | ||
273 | its | ||
274 | logical | ||
275 | conclusion | ||
276 | we | ||
277 | can | ||
278 | say | ||
279 | that | ||
280 | no | ||
281 | writing | ||
282 | is | ||
283 | truly | ||
284 | original | ||
285 | that | ||
286 | every | ||
287 | utterance | ||
288 | has | ||
289 | in | ||
290 | some | ||
291 | scrambled | ||
292 | way | ||
293 | at | ||
294 | least | ||
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297 | before | ||
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299 | other | ||
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302 | is | ||
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305 | float | ||
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307 | an | ||
308 | ocean | ||
309 | of | ||
310 | language | ||
311 | which | ||
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314 | nothing | ||
315 | to | ||
316 | create | ||
317 | and | ||
318 | the | ||
319 | best | ||
320 | we | ||
321 | can | ||
322 | hope | ||
323 | for | ||
324 | is | ||
325 | to | ||
326 | find | ||
327 | some | ||
328 | combination | ||
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330 | has | ||
331 | not | ||
332 | been | ||
333 | thought | ||
334 | of | ||
335 | too | ||
336 | many | ||
337 | times | ||
338 | before | ||
339 | as | ||
340 | solomon | ||
341 | said | ||
342 | there | ||
343 | is | ||
344 | nothing | ||
345 | new | ||
346 | under | ||
347 | the | ||
348 | sun | ||
349 | autocento | ||
350 | of | ||
351 | the | ||
352 | breakfast | ||
353 | table | ||
354 | works | ||
355 | within | ||
356 | the | ||
357 | tension | ||
358 | caused | ||
359 | by | ||
360 | these | ||
361 | two | ||
362 | concepts | ||
363 | process | ||
364 | in | ||
365 | compiling | ||
366 | the | ||
367 | works | ||
368 | that | ||
369 | make | ||
370 | up | ||
371 | this | ||
372 | text | ||
373 | i've | ||
374 | pulled | ||
375 | from | ||
376 | a | ||
377 | few | ||
378 | different | ||
379 | projects | ||
380 | elegies | ||
381 | for | ||
382 | alternate | ||
383 | selves | ||
384 | the | ||
385 | book | ||
386 | of | ||
387 | hezekiah | ||
388 | stark | ||
389 | raving | ||
390 | buildings | ||
391 | out | ||
392 | of | ||
393 | air | ||
394 | as | ||
395 | well | ||
396 | as | ||
397 | added | ||
398 | new | ||
399 | articles | ||
400 | written | ||
401 | quite | ||
402 | recently | ||
403 | as | ||
404 | i've | ||
405 | compiled | ||
406 | them | ||
407 | into | ||
408 | this | ||
409 | project | ||
410 | i've | ||
411 | linked | ||
412 | them | ||
413 | together | ||
414 | based | ||
415 | on | ||
416 | common | ||
417 | images | ||
418 | or | ||
419 | language | ||
420 | moving | ||
421 | back | ||
422 | and | ||
423 | forth | ||
424 | through | ||
425 | time | ||
426 | this | ||
427 | should | ||
428 | give | ||
429 | the | ||
430 | reader | ||
431 | a | ||
432 | fair | ||
433 | idea | ||
434 | of | ||
435 | what | ||
436 | my | ||
437 | head | ||
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442 | inside | ||
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451 | a | ||
452 | fair | ||
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472 | are | ||
473 | viewable | ||
474 | from | ||
475 | here | ||
476 | then | ||
477 | i | ||
478 | used | ||
479 | john | ||
480 | mcfarlane's | ||
481 | venerable | ||
482 | document | ||
483 | preparation | ||
484 | system | ||
485 | pandoc | ||
486 | along | ||
487 | with | ||
488 | a | ||
489 | makefile | ||
490 | to | ||
491 | compile | ||
492 | the | ||
493 | text | ||
494 | sources | ||
495 | to | ||
496 | html | ||
497 | using | ||
498 | this | ||
499 | template | ||
500 | the | ||
501 | compiled | ||
502 | html | ||
503 | is | ||
504 | what | ||
505 | you're | ||
506 | reading | ||
507 | now | ||
508 | 2 | ||
509 | to | ||
510 | host | ||
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512 | project | ||
513 | i'm | ||
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515 | github | ||
516 | an | ||
517 | online | ||
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523 | control | ||
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529 | this | ||
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531 | me | ||
532 | and | ||
533 | you | ||
534 | dear | ||
535 | reader | ||
536 | to | ||
537 | explore | ||
538 | the | ||
539 | path | ||
540 | of | ||
541 | revision | ||
542 | even | ||
543 | more | ||
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545 | beginning | ||
546 | to | ||
547 | end | ||
548 | based | ||
549 | on | ||
550 | my | ||
551 | commits | ||
552 | to | ||
553 | the | ||
554 | repository | ||
555 | you | ||
556 | can | ||
557 | view | ||
558 | the | ||
559 | repository | ||
560 | and | ||
561 | its | ||
562 | changes | ||
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564 | files | ||
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566 | my | ||
567 | github | ||
568 | profile | ||
569 | 3 | ||
570 | using | ||
571 | this | ||
572 | site | ||
573 | all | ||
574 | of | ||
575 | the | ||
576 | articles | ||
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578 | this | ||
579 | site | ||
580 | are | ||
581 | linked | ||
582 | together | ||
583 | hypertextually | ||
584 | i | ||
585 | e | ||
586 | like | ||
587 | a | ||
588 | webpage | ||
589 | this | ||
590 | means | ||
591 | that | ||
592 | all | ||
593 | you | ||
594 | need | ||
595 | to | ||
596 | do | ||
597 | to | ||
598 | explore | ||
599 | the | ||
600 | creative | ||
601 | threads | ||
602 | linking | ||
603 | these | ||
604 | articles | ||
605 | together | ||
606 | is | ||
607 | to | ||
608 | start | ||
609 | clicking | ||
610 | links | ||
611 | however | ||
612 | if | ||
613 | you | ||
614 | find | ||
615 | you're | ||
616 | looping | ||
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619 | a | ||
620 | lot | ||
621 | of | ||
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623 | same | ||
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625 | you | ||
626 | can | ||
627 | head | ||
628 | back | ||
629 | to | ||
630 | the | ||
631 | index | ||
632 | and | ||
633 | click | ||
634 | through | ||
635 | the | ||
636 | titles | ||
637 | in | ||
638 | order | ||
639 | that | ||
640 | article | ||
641 | contains | ||
642 | the | ||
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645 | all | ||
646 | the | ||
647 | other | ||
648 | works | ||
649 | in | ||
650 | this | ||
651 | project | ||
652 | alternatively | ||
653 | you | ||
654 | can | ||
655 | click | ||
656 | the | ||
657 | lozenge | ||
658 | loz | ||
659 | at | ||
660 | the | ||
661 | bottom | ||
662 | of | ||
663 | each | ||
664 | page | ||
665 | it'll | ||
666 | take | ||
667 | you | ||
668 | to | ||
669 | a | ||
670 | random | ||
671 | article | ||
672 | in | ||
673 | the | ||
674 | project | ||
675 | thanks | ||
676 | to | ||
677 | this | ||
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681 | want | ||
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705 | next | ||
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707 | the | ||
708 | lozenge | ||
709 | sometimes | ||
710 | there | ||
711 | are | ||
712 | more | ||
713 | than | ||
714 | one | ||
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716 | each | ||
717 | of | ||
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722 | none | ||
723 | dependant | ||
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728 | their | ||
729 | original | ||
730 | project | ||
731 | things | ||
732 | still | ||
733 | to | ||
734 | do | ||
735 | autocento | ||
736 | of | ||
737 | the | ||
738 | breakfast | ||
739 | table | ||
740 | is | ||
741 | a | ||
742 | work | ||
743 | in | ||
744 | progress | ||
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746 | first | ||
747 | draft | ||
748 | is | ||
749 | completed | ||
750 | but | ||
751 | some | ||
752 | revision | ||
753 | and | ||
754 | aesthetic | ||
755 | work | ||
756 | remains | ||
757 | to | ||
758 | be | ||
759 | done | ||
760 | for | ||
761 | me | ||
762 | to | ||
763 | consider | ||
764 | it | ||
765 | fully | ||
766 | published | ||
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769 | this | ||
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771 | mean | ||
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773 | 2015 | ||
774 | you | ||
775 | can | ||
776 | see | ||
777 | the | ||
778 | full | ||
779 | list | ||
780 | of | ||
781 | to-dos | ||
782 | by | ||
783 | visiting | ||
784 | the | ||
785 | issues | ||
786 | page | ||
787 | of | ||
788 | the | ||
789 | github | ||
790 | site | ||
791 | contact | ||
792 | me | ||
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795 | like | ||
796 | to | ||
797 | contact | ||
798 | me | ||
799 | about | ||
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802 | of | ||
803 | this | ||
804 | work | ||
805 | or | ||
806 | my | ||
807 | writing | ||
808 | in | ||
809 | general | ||
810 | you | ||
811 | can | ||
812 | |||
813 | me | ||
814 | at | ||
815 | case | ||
816 | autocento | ||
817 | me | ||
818 | links | ||
819 | footnotes | ||
820 | of | ||
821 | the | ||
822 | breakfast | ||
823 | table | ||
824 | http | ||
825 | //www | ||
826 | ibiblio | ||
827 | org/eldritch/owh/abt | ||
828 | html | ||
829 | citation | ||
830 | needed | ||
831 | https | ||
832 | //en | ||
833 | wikipedia | ||
834 | org/wiki/wikipedia | ||
835 | citing | ||
836 | sources | ||
837 | dealing | ||
838 | with | ||
839 | unsourced | ||
840 | material | ||
841 | nau | ||
842 | http | ||
843 | //nau | ||
844 | edu/cal/english/degrees-programs/graduate/mfa/ | ||
845 | i'm | ||
846 | aware | ||
847 | that | ||
848 | the | ||
849 | true | ||
850 | etymology | ||
851 | http | ||
852 | //www | ||
853 | etymonline | ||
854 | com/index | ||
855 | php | ||
856 | search | ||
857 | article | ||
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861 | not | ||
862 | reflect | ||
863 | my | ||
864 | use | ||
865 | of | ||
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867 | namely | ||
868 | a | ||
869 | little | ||
870 | chunk | ||
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877 | folk | ||
878 | derivation | ||
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881 | treicle | ||
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890 | i | ||
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895 | project | ||
896 | to | ||
897 | a | ||
898 | printable | ||
899 | form | ||
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901 | example | ||
902 | |||
903 | odt | ||
904 | or | ||
905 | even | ||
906 | docx | ||
907 | i'll | ||
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913 | fairly | ||
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917 | work | ||
918 | 3 | ||
919 | for | ||
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921 | information | ||
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923 | the | ||
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927 | this | ||
928 | project | ||
929 | see | ||
930 | the | ||
931 | readme | ||
932 | md | ||
933 | https | ||
934 | //github | ||
935 | com/duckwork/autocento/blob/gh-pages/readme | ||
936 | md | ||
937 | file | ||
938 | at | ||
939 | the | ||
940 | root | ||
941 | of | ||
942 | the | ||
943 | github | ||
944 | repo | ||