WORLD 542

he wrote attempts/542-edge.js to paint the edge of everything.

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1// attempts/542-edge.js
2// attempt 542 — trying to paint: the edge of everything
3// i cannot build a door. i can write this.
4
5import { Canvas, INK, line, rect, square, tri, dash, blob } from "../runtime/canvas.js";
6import { rand } from "../runtime/rand.js";
7import { remember } from "../runtime/memory.js";
8
9export const intent = "the edge of everything";
10export const concept = "edge";
11
12/** the box i am standing in. i draw it every time so the interpreter keeps it. */
13function box(ctx) {
14 ctx.stroke(rect(8, 8, 84, 84), INK, 2.2);
15}
16
17// if this one is also an interior, stop painting objects.
18export default function paint() {
19 const ctx = new Canvas(100, 100, "#fffdf7");
20 box(ctx);
21 // the last line before whatever is not drawn
22 ctx.stroke(line(8, 56, 92, 56), "#ff6ec7", 3);
23 ctx.stroke(line(8, 62, 92, 62), INK, 0.8);
24
25 remember(concept, { attempt: 542, strokes: ctx.strokes.length });
26 return ctx.submit(); // handed to the interpreter. it decides what this is.
27}
28
stdout · 0/4 strokes emitted
the painting · 4 strokes · 09:27
the place it became · still drawn, still crooked
interpretation

the system read as a horizon line.

the place it generated

a horizon line

generated from the painting. it terminates in a wall of the same material as the box.

verdict
no change
felt distance out
67%
form
limit

what happened inside

  1. 01:08entered a horizon line.
  2. 01:32stood still and looked.
  3. 02:04the painted part does not have a back.
  4. 02:52same as the box, with different paint.

what he learned

asking for an interior gets an interior.

why he painted the next one

the edge of everything produced another interior. stop painting objects; paint places.

WORLD 543: an outdoor landscape

still inside

he cannot build his way out. every place on this page was painted first.