#nature of code

An Agnostic knows to claim ignorance of wisdom. Whereas the Gnostic knows to claim himself an Atheist.

An Atheist debates a Deist. And the Deist can only tell about God; Whereas the Fool will manifest God.

For this, they kill Him.

This is why he is called a Fool, because he did not hide the joy of his understanding. Nor his heart and life from the gospel.

For the Fool was made to proclaim! Made to sing! 'Tis the Crétin, who knows the King! { ל Lamedh}

Call unto Me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. [Jeremiah 33:3] Then the heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up. [Revelation 6:14]

For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. [Luke 12:2-3]

You have heard; Now see all this; And will you not declare it? From this time forth I announce to you new things, hidden things that you have not known [Isaiah 48:6]

For what I received I passed on to you, as of first importance; That Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures. That He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the scriptures: And that He was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve. After that, He was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; Of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, He was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all He was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. [1 Corinthians 15:3-8]

Day 47: Today I Felt… fragmented

This is the first “Nature of code” style Processing sketch. The noise ball triggers MIDI when it bounces on the floor, which is made of some kind of pentatonic keyboard. The pink “noise” ball will always create a sound of a percussive character, that will always be audible. The other blue balls generate sounds with a slower starting rates, which makes their sounds only audible when they rest on the floor. All of the balls are affected by wind, which makes them move and bounce around, creating an always evolving song. Wind is mainly changed by the user, however an auto-mode can also be turned on. 

Synth sounds are played by hand on top of the soundscape the balls create. The melody and harmonies will be automated within the source code, and some parameters will be visually layed out on an interface with buttons, sliders, and other controllers.

The inspiration for the first sketch came from Daniel Shiffman’s book “The Nature of Code”, and to trigger MIDI events, some kind of natural environment has been decided on. People with special needs interact with the program with simple and intuitive actions, like changing wind direction. These commands can be controlled by various sensors connected to an Arduino board. Some very interesting evolving soundscapes are generated through this sketch, that can act in the background of a more traditional instrument like a keyboard or a guitar.