On Sat, 1 May 2004, Jim Muth wrote: (...)
The chiding was kind of hard to resist, especially in light of the cute spelling he came on with, and words and phrases such as 'SherLok', 'Merfy', 'private instigator', and 'brewhaha', etc. in his internet addresses. No harm was intended, and I doubt that SherLok was seriously offended.
Who knows...if I ever make "SherLok Merfy, Private Instigator" a household word (give me ten years and a talent for fiction or perhaps just forward my evil prompts to get spammer accounts killed) -- maybe the electronic copy will hav pointers to it, here. (...)
I aim for a blending of random discovery and purposeful intent. IMO, when fractals are over-planned, much of the surprise and therefore the fun is lost.
I don't mind working hard to make a musical perturbation make something other than a mess. You might call it muse-making. Maybe the feedback will help me make my tunes longer than fourty notes. The formulas must be quite simple for me to hav any idea how to do that.