i dont know if youve heard of the library of babel if you havent, check out thi s link. inspired by a borjes short story, its a webpage that uses an algorithm t o generate every possible combination of characters. each possible combination is associated with a virtual page in the library.so, if you write a poem and ent er it into the search engine, you will find the poem along with its unique card catalogue number in the library. the content and arrangement of each page is alw ays consistently associated with the number provided by the site. think about th at.any piece of writing you put into the search engine is already associated wit h a number. since the number, large as it is, irrefutably exists, so does the co ntent. instead of laboring away on your next play or novel, you could, if such a thing were possible, insert a huge number and voil its already out there.the a ct of creating is, in fact, a process of discovery. we think of ideas as emanati ng from us when in fact we are only witnessing them for the first time. they are our ideas in the same way that america was columbus land we find them and clai m them, but in truth their existence is already affixed all we can do is sail u p to the shore and plant our name like a flag. this is also true of any thought you might have, or, even perhaps any experience.we are all navigating space in a very fucked up and magical universe we should do our best to abandon our egos, look to each other, and explore.
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