Plato - the theory of Forms and platonic solids
John Cage - iChing and chance operations determining musical composition
Robert Reich - tape loops set to x duration and layered, creating juxtaposition of rhythm and melody
Bucky Fuller - geodesic structure, tensegrity
Jackson Pollock - Jack the "Dripper" using a stick instead of a paintbrush
Antonio Gaudi - creating the Sagrada Familia through the use of invert chain catenary arch modeling
None of these form-creators used a computer! ...but all used form-generative formulations... rules... to govern the creation of their work, designing not the object but the terms. This should make us feel better, that "scripting" has an analog equivalent in the world, and is at least as old as ancient Greece.
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