Hi Rod,
Thanks for the lesson! I think I got it. So the restriction only carries
to the following line and then you start over fresh right? Not to the
rest of the poem right? and when you say not *followed* by as in "next
(in order) you find a word that has an "E", but not followed by a "P":"
does that mean directly followed by or do you mean the whole line of
text can't contain that letter at all?
you say " You can't have any words that already have the following meso
letter."
so
all words in line one would contain no E
line two no P
line three no R
etc.
is that right?
and then make no corerections to tense or add any 'bridge material'.
You say " it 'implies" the context of the original without including all
of the words."
So are you saying that you would leave out anywords from a found phrase
that has the offending letter and otherwise keep the other words?
Sorry that the lines got out of place when posted.
Cecil
Rod Stasick wrote:
Hi Cecil,
The first word "Reparation" can't be used because it already contains
your next letter "E" (rEparation). You can't have any words that
already have the following meso letter.
I don't know what your original text was, so I can't do what you
wanted to do, BUT I can create a mesostic based on "repressive
guidance" and the text that you just gave us.
Actually, it'll be unfinished because I don't have enough of your text.
First you look for a word that has an "R" but DOESN'T have the
following "E":
ouR
next (in order) you find a word that has an "E", but not followed by
a "P":
govErnment
then, a "P" not followed by an "R":
inausPicious
etc...BUT, any "wing words" (words outside the word that has the
mesoletter)
can't have the following letter either, so this is part of it's
genius - it 'implies" the context
of the original without including all of the words.
ouR
govErnment
inausPicious
to libeRty
Engage in counterproductive, immoral
baSed
fundamentalS
In contra-distinction to tyranny.
I had to stop there, because even tho there are about 5 more words
with the letter "V" in them,
each one of them is followed by the letter "E" and therefore cannot
be used.
This is an example of a 50% mesostic. The 100% mesostic limits your
word choices even more.
Also, being true to it's nature, no words are normally given written
changed "tenses."
The found tenses are kept. It has the distinct advantage of keeping
(or giving) the text "life" -
an ever changing perspective that brings new ideas and doesn't
necessarily adhere to the "old" ones.
Hope this helps!
Rod
On 2006 May 19, at 3:23 PM, Cecil Touchon wrote:
hey rod, does this work? I took a found phrase from some spam mail
(repressive guidance) then I used it as a search term in google then
I took one phrase from each resultant web page in the order that
they were returned as results finding a phrase that I liked and that
contained the spinal letter for that line. [bracketted] elements
were added to bind things together when needed.
cecil
Reparation shall be made [for]
those who experienced our govErnment’s abuses
of dissenters
any form of government inausPicious to liberty,
engage[d] in
counteRrproductive, immoral pre-emptive war
will make their decisions basEd on the four
fundamentals.
In contra-
diStinction to tyranny
their bizarre, oppressive tacticS with their
own citizens
is cause for consIderable
concern
used to castigate us as a political moVement
revealing secrets concErning the
security of the state.
The liGht
of operational experience
constrained what they coUld ask
entirely in an
Indigenous language.
Their ahistorical, fear-riDden,
repressive approach [attracted]
outsiders and reactionAries [who]
urgently [a] call for unity
calling attentioN to
abuses at the highest levels
poliCy
reform groups all over the world declare
never accede to state or cultural policiEs.
Rotokas and Mura-Piraha have only 11 phonemes, the smallest on record.
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