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48 <section class="content prose"><section id="introduction" class="level2"> 48 <section class="content prose"><section id="introduction" class="level2">
49<h2>Introduction</h2> 49<h2>Introduction</h2>
50<p><em>Autocento <a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/owh/abt.html">of the breakfast table</a></em> is a hypertextual exploration of the workings of revision across time. Somebody<sup>[<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Dealing_with_unsourced_material">citation needed</a></em>]</sup> once said that every relationship we have is part of the same relationship; the same is true of authorship. As we write, as we continue writing across our lives, patterns thread themselves through our work: images, certain phrases, preoccupations. This project attempts to make those threads more apparent, using the technology of hypertext.</p> 50<p><em>Autocento <a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/owh/abt.html">of the breakfast table</a></em> is a hypertextual exploration of the workings of revision across time. Somebody<sup>[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Dealing_with_unsourced_material">citation needed</a>]</sup> once said that every relationship we have is part of the same relationship; the same is true of authorship. As we write, as we continue writing across our lives, patterns thread themselves through our work: images, certain phrases, preoccupations. This project attempts to make those threads more apparent, using the technology of hypertext.</p>
51<p>I’m also an MFA candidate at [Northern Arizona University][NAU]. This is my thesis.</p> 51<p>I’m also an MFA candidate at <a href="http://nau.edu/CAL/English/Degrees-Programs/Graduate/MFA/">Northern Arizona University</a>. This is my thesis.</p>
52</section>
53<section id="genesis" class="level2">
54<h2>Genesis</h2>
55<p>This project revolves around two sister concepts: the <em>hapax legomenon</em> and the <em>cento</em>.</p>
56<p><em>Hapax legomenon</em> (<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=a%28/pac">ἅπαξ</a> λεγόμενον) is Greek for “something said only once.” It’s used in linguistics to describe words that appear only once in a corpus. If expanded to <em>n-grams</em>, it can be used to describe utterances that occur only once, and this is where it gets interesting. If this line of thinking is taken to its logical conclusion, we can say that all writing, all utterances, are <em>hapax legomena</em>, because they appear only once in the world as they are. In short, everything is individual; everything is differentiated; everything is an island.</p>
57<p>On the other hand, a <em>cento</em>, from the Latin, from the Greek κέντρόνη, meaning “patchwork garment,” is a poem composed completely of fragments of other poems. It’s a mash-up that makes up for its lack of originality in utterance with a novelty in arrangement. Usually, it refers to taking phrases, lines, or stanzas from other authors’ works, but I don’t see why it couldn’t refer to <em>n-grams</em> or individual words. If <em>this</em> line of thinking is taken to its logical conclusion, we can say that no writing is truly original; that every utterance has, in some scrambled way at least, been uttered before. In other words, nothing is individual. We float on an ocean of language which we did nothing to create, and the best we can hope for is to find some combination that hasn’t been thought of too many times before. As Solomon said, “<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes+1%3A9&amp;version=NIV">There is nothing new under the sun</a>.”</p>
58<p><em>Autocento of the breakfast table</em> works within the tension caused by these two concepts.</p>
52</section> 59</section>
53<section id="process" class="level2"> 60<section id="process" class="level2">
54<h2>Process</h2> 61<h2>Process</h2>
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1autocento
2of
3the
4breakfast
5table
6about
7this
8site
9introduction
10autocento
11of
12the
13breakfast
14table
15is
16a
17hypertextual
18exploration
19of
20the
21workings
22of
23revision
24across
25time
26somebody
27citation
28needed
29once
30said
31that
32every
33relationship
34we
35have
36is
37part
38of
39the
40same
41relationship
42the
43same
44is
45true
46of
47authorship
48as
49we
50write
51as
52we
53continue
54writing
55across
56our
57lives
58patterns
59thread
60themselves
61through
62our
63work
64images
65certain
66phrases
67preoccupations
68this
69project
70attempts
71to
72make
73those
74threads
75more
76apparent
77using
78the
79technology
80of
81hypertext
82i'm
83also
84an
85mfa
86candidate
87at
88northern
89arizona
90university
91nau
92this
93is
94my
95thesis
96process
97in
98compiling
99the
100works
101that
102make
103up
104this
105text
106i've
107pulled
108from
109a
110few
111different
112projects
113elegies
114for
115alternate
116selves
117the
118book
119of
120hezekiah
121stark
122raving
123buildings
124out
125of
126air
127as
128well
129as
130added
131new
132articles
133written
134quite
135recently
136as
137i've
138compiled
139them
140into
141this
142project
143i've
144linked
145them
146together
147based
148on
149common
150images
151or
152language
153moving
154back
155and
156forth
157through
158time
159this
160should
161give
162the
163reader
164a
165fair
166idea
167of
168what
169my
170head
171looks
172like
173on
174the
175inside
176technology
177because
178this
179project
180lives
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184a
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186amount
187of
188technology
189to
190get
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193first
194i
195converted
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199decided
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208because
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16 16
17_Autocento [of the breakfast table][]_ is a hypertextual exploration of the workings of revision across time. 17_Autocento [of the breakfast table][]_ is a hypertextual exploration of the workings of revision across time.
18Somebody^[_[citation needed][]_]^ once said that every relationship we have is part of the same relationship; the same is true of authorship. 18Somebody^[[citation needed][]]^ once said that every relationship we have is part of the same relationship; the same is true of authorship.
19As we write, as we continue writing across our lives, patterns thread themselves through our work: images, certain phrases, preoccupations. 19As we write, as we continue writing across our lives, patterns thread themselves through our work: images, certain phrases, preoccupations.
20This project attempts to make those threads more apparent, using the technology of hypertext. 20This project attempts to make those threads more apparent, using the technology of hypertext.
21 21
22I'm also an MFA candidate at [Northern Arizona University][NAU]. 22I'm also an MFA candidate at [Northern Arizona University][NAU].
23This is my thesis. 23This is my thesis.
24 24
25Genesis
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28This project revolves around two sister concepts: the _hapax legomenon_ and the _cento_.
29
30_Hapax legomenon_ ([ἅπαξ][] λεγόμενον) is Greek for "something said only once."
31It's used in linguistics to describe words that appear only once in a corpus.
32If expanded to _n-grams_, it can be used to describe utterances that occur only once, and this is where it gets interesting.
33If this line of thinking is taken to its logical conclusion, we can say that all writing, all utterances, are _hapax legomena_, because they appear only once in the world as they are.
34In short, everything is individual; everything is differentiated; everything is an island.
35
36On the other hand, a _cento_, from the Latin, from the Greek κέντρόνη, meaning "patchwork garment," is a poem composed completely of fragments of other poems.
37It's a mash-up that makes up for its lack of originality in utterance with a novelty in arrangement.
38Usually, it refers to taking phrases, lines, or stanzas from other authors' works, but I don't see why it couldn't refer to _n-grams_ or individual words.
39If _this_ line of thinking is taken to its logical conclusion, we can say that no writing is truly original; that every utterance has, in some scrambled way at least, been uttered before.
40In other words, nothing is individual.
41We float on an ocean of language which we did nothing to create, and the best we can hope for is to find some combination that hasn't been thought of too many times before.
42As Solomon said, "[There is nothing new under the sun][nothing-new]."
43
44_Autocento of the breakfast table_ works within the tension caused by these two concepts.
45
25Process 46Process
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78[of the breakfast table]: http://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/owh/abt.html 99[of the breakfast table]: http://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/owh/abt.html
79[citation needed]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Dealing_with_unsourced_material 100[citation needed]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Dealing_with_unsourced_material
101[NAU]: http://nau.edu/CAL/English/Degrees-Programs/Graduate/MFA/
102
103[ἅπαξ]: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=a%28/pac
104[nothing-new]: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes+1%3A9&version=NIV
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