A 'good path' to be understood through the lens of Alexander's 'good shape' property; at first this was NON-FREE MOVEMENT THROUGH A SPACE, but it is not about freedom or a lack of freedom at all. Your movement through a space is a line of flow through a work, it is part of the composition. If you beeline through a garden then, no matter how beautiful or lush the garden, there is nothing interesting about that element of the composition.

Quote                           [..] 1. LEVELS OF
SCALE,  2.  STRONG CENTERS,  3.  BOUNDARIES,
4.   ALTERNATING  REPETITION,   5.  POSITIVE
SPACE, 6.  GOOD SHAPE, 7. LOCAL  SYMMETRIES,
8.  DEEP INTERLOCK  AND  AMBIGUITY, 9.  CON-
TRAST,   10.   GRADIENTS,   11.   ROUGHNESS,
12. ECHOES, 13. THE VOID, 14. SIMPLICITY AND
INNER CALM, 15. NOT-SEPARATENESS.

~ fifteen properties

Forwarded to me by Alex.Fyve

QuoteThis series is going to take a personal view on Alexander's magnum opus, The Nature of Order.

I took interest in this because I have read three out of four books of The Nature of Order and I was interested in some of the premise, but what really made me start this thread was noticing some things that I really disagree with.

regarding
game arts curators kit (but the physical printed book special edition)

As mentioned in my close reading of Leaving Rust, I am trying to find a new engine maybe. Or maybe I'm just learning about what I like by trying other things.

Played with Damian. April 30. Tells a loose frame story, but with no talented storyteller to hold its pieces together, does not go beyond that...

Role playing without a strong frame story,  lacking a wonderful conclusion. Hmm. What's to be done about that. 

The system is not masterable, nor compelling as a result... It does not contain enough stories...

Deadlines. External pressure. Sometimes these things can feel draconic. (There's a right word I'm looking for and that's not it.)

Doing something every day has been very satisfying. There's a website, "750 Words," which is a writing tool to help you build and maintain the habit of writing 750 words every day. It's nice. I don't keep my streaks long there.

I of course also made 31 unmarked games, and more recently droqever, both 'game-a-day' pursuits. Sometimes I would be proud of a game I made in a day, but I think their primary function was to shake me loose, to act as sketch, to get me doing instead of doubting.

And yet, it's the thinking and reflecting that produces an intentional work, something with real shape, something with a goal, a function. Making it a daily habit removes the questioning and becomes too unconscious.

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There is a missing step which is gathering, living, asking "Why?" and stumbling upon a sharp answer. Sometimes the answers don't come, they aren't there, and while it's possible and useful to create something regardless (make a doodle, a sketch, operate on automatic), it can undermine the habit of searching for answers to questions, it can undermine the habit of conveying something meaningful.

Why do trees flower, and why do flowers turn into leaves?

Regarding Sylvie's
"2024.04.05 (Ways of Speaking)"

April 5
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_rsh_VfTGA-Bho_hidKtzhXsk7x31PUTtw-LOoPrdcM/mobilebasic

Sylvie writes about the dialogue between player and designer.

I was hanging out with a friend in her apartment, and she sat down at the piano and played me a tune she was working on.

I've been posting daily games on droqever.com in an attempt to catch this hypercasual hanging out vibe.

In this context it isn't any longer "Why did this person choose to share or curate this, in particular?" but instead i want to have a relaxed, what do i think of this?-type experience. It isn't noise, it's a calmly steady signal. A hum, a buzz.

(Place held)

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/26317/chicken-pot-pie-ix/

AMOUNT FOR ONE 10" PIE.
Multiply measurements 1.5X listed, if doing one big and one small (using our pie plates)

Ingredients for saucepan 1
1 cup frozen green peas (do not forget!)
1 cup sliced carrots
½ cup sliced celery
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cubed (do this last, after cutting solid ingredients for saucepan 2)

Solid ingredients for saucepan 2 - cut this before cutting chicken
⅓ cup chopped onion (goes with stick

Sticky/wet ingredients for saucepan 2 - to measure/weigh
⅓ cup butter (75g)
1 ¾ cups chicken broth
⅔ cup milk

Dry ingredients to measure
⅓ cup all-purpose flour (40g)
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper
¼ teaspoon celery seed

Saucepan 1
Combine chicken, carrots, peas, and celery in a saucepan; add water to cover and bring to a boil. Boil for 15 minutes, then remove from the heat and drain.

Saucepan 2
While the chicken is cooking, melt butter in another saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and cook until soft and translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in flour, salt, pepper, and celery seed

Slowly stir in chicken broth and milk.

Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until thick, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.

Crusts - /!\ First, prepare to bake. Oven should be preheated to 425 F.
Place chicken and vegetables (Saucepan 1) in the bottom pie crust. Pour hot liquid mixture (Saucepan 2) over top.
Bake immediately.
Cover with top crust, seal the edges, and cut away any excess dough. Make several small slits in the top crust to allow steam to escape.
Bake in the preheated oven until pastry is golden brown and filling is bubbly, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before serving.
Done!

When did you realize
that Pikachu belonged to an inhuman entity
and not you?

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 medium white onion, peeled and diced
2 medium carrots, diced
5 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
6 cups vegetable stock (or chicken stock)
1 1/2 cups red lentils, rinsed and picked over
2/3 cup whole-kernel corn
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon curry powder
(optional) pinch each of saffron and cayenne
zest and juice of 1 small lemon
fine sea salt and freshly-cracked black pepper

I found this emailed to myself. I hope it works as a recipe. It may be the same as a recipe I've already made, just from a different source? Not sure. Will not expend brain cycles figuring that out.

We got the advent calendar. Very good. Maybe I'll review each day's chocolate?

• 1 cup all-purpose flour (120g)
• 1 cup yellow cornmeal (129g)
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar (134g)
• 1 tsp salt
• 3 1/2 tsp baking powder (or just a big tbsp)
• 1/3 cup neutral oil or melted butter 76g butter, melt in microwve
• 1 large egg
• 1 cup milk (unswt almond milk)

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• mix dry stuff, mix wet stuff in
• preheat to 400
• put in pan (9" round)
• bake 20-25 min

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