Basic by Heather Christle
This program is designed to move a white line from one side of the screen to the other.
This program is not too hard, but it has a sad ending and that makes people cry.
This program is designed to make people cry and step away when they are finished.
In one variation the line moves diagonally up and in another diagonally down.
This makes people cry differently, diagonally. A whole room of people
crying in response to this program’s variations results in beautiful music.
This program is designed to make such beautiful music that it feels like at last
they have allowed you to take the good canoe into a lake of your own choosing
and above you the sky exposes one or two real eagles, the water
warm or marked with stones, however you like it, blue. Art by Daniel Zender
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