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Project   Process:  I started out experimenting with drawing snowflake patterns in p5. I was trying to think of naturally occurring patterns in nature and snowflakes seemed like an interesting one. Then I started to think how can I manipulate this pattern or create a new pattern of my own. I usually create interactive pieces but for once I wanted to make a visual experience that you just watch and absorb. I think there's a fascination in observing patterns that's different than making them. If you make a pattern it's not all that interesting because it's easy to do, but to see patterns forming and try and piece them together scratches a certain part of the brain. Then I started to think what's going to drive the patterns and decided to use another pattern: beats. I like making visualizer-type projects in p5 so I settled on creating a system that would generate snowflake patterns by analyzing the music playing. Ultimately, I think I created something satisfying to w

I like how Maya Lin describes a monument almost as a living thing. Your experience with it is meant to change as you interact with it. It reminded me of a video I saw recently describing how the Ghibli museum in Japan was built and how they didn't build it like a typical museum is built, but rather they started with one room and moved to another and in turn, created a unique series of micro-experiences. It really made me think about how when designing an experience, you have to consider how the user is going to feel not just by the end or beginning, but throughout the experience and how it can be seen from different angles.

 P5.js code I wanted to explore patterns that aren't really repetitive in an obvious pattern way but that we still try to make sense of. Specifically, I remember someone mentioning raindrops on a window as one of the patterns they noticed and it stuck out to me because raindrops on a window isn't really a repetitive sound. The size of the drops, the amount, and the time between drops all vary every time. So why then does it stand out as a pattern? Probably because we try to make sense of the new pattern as the sound evolves and over time it all starts to sound the same. It is consistent in it's inconsistency.  For this project, I decided to play around with the sound of raindrops and specifically creating patterns and then breaking them with new patterns. Each segment is composed of a pattern. For example, short length clips spaced out evenly, but then layered with more short length clips spaced out evenly but at a different start point and some long length clips spaced out

           The pattern that caught my attention this week is nutrition food labels. We standardize the way that information like this is delivered to consumers so that it's easier for them to find the information they're looking for. This reminded me of when I was studying abroad in London and the food labels looked similar and yet different enough that I struggled at first to find the nutrition facts that I might usually check for here. It's the same with when I go into Polish delis in my neighborhood and check the back of the snacks. It's a familiar enough pattern that with a little common sense I can find what I'm looking for but it disrupts the pattern of what I'm used to so I have to take a second to re-orientate myself. Standardization, regulations, and rules are patterns that surround us and help us to share information quickly and efficiently. To represent this in code, I might show food labels and slowly distort them or use the pattern of the label but