I liked chapter two because it started with the idea of online poetry being an algorithm but at the same time, completely random. Hypertexts and other forms of e-lit re made up of data and computer programs. Yet, there is also the idea presented by Tristan Tzara, explained in his piece, "How To Make A Dadaist Poem," that involves cutting up a newspaper and pulling words in no specific order to create a poem, completely going against this idea of a mathematical process of writing. Alike to "Storyland" which is a completely random process giving unique products each time. It was interesting to look into writers and how their works are arranged and organized, the order that goes into the creation, whether there. is a pattern or "algorithm" ort whether it is random. Like Sofia said, when we did the exercise in the museum by putting together our random words, it was chaotic but made something, as did our one-sentence story despite the fact they were made in completely different ways. I found it interesting to read about frequencies, sampling and all other aspects of this contradictory process that is writing.

I enjoyed Cent Mille Milliards de poems and used the generator. there is create my own poem using Queneau's different stanzas, attached is the poem it generated for me after I handpicked from a pool for each line...



Kendall Arkay