Creativity of the day

[Torco]

*cums at the sight of that image*

[the duke of nuke]

It's snowy there already? Or is that from actual winter?

Anyway - nice photo. Torco, get a tissue.

[mouse]

I've been working on this for years, and now I have a final product, woo!

Il y a quelque chose plus du tout, le Tout de le tout qu'existe, le tout que n'existe pas, et le tout que n'arrive pas. Il est à l'éxtèrieur, il est indéfinissable et inconnaissable. Il est infini et rien, il casse toutes regles et il est le fond d'eux toutes, il contient rien, la manque de rien, tout, et plus d'outre que tout. C'est d'aucune importance, et inapplicable, mais il faut qu'existe. De n'importe quelle point, il apparait vide. Et à n'importe quelle néant, il y a toujours création.

C'est la graine d'être, la force spontané unique, l'irregularité original d'être. Une désèquilibrant de simplicité parfait, néant et potentiel. Cette inegalité refluera à uniformité plate.

Celà est la Volonté de la volonté à ordre, la volonté à vivre, est la volonté à saisir, la graine primal d'action. Sans choix, il ne flue en qu'une voie. C'est le reéquilibrant de l'irregularité original d'être. C'est donc l'existence.

Toute création est irreguliar, un désèquilibrant. Toute existence est le refluent à égalité. Toute existence deviendra uniform, et en le faisant, devienne encore inexistant. Uniquement ce cause création une fois plus.

Il existe une nature cyclique. C'est parce que si ce ne fût pas, ce ne peut pas être. C'est l'état de tout être, la definition entre le tout qu'exist et tout que n'exist pas, et le plus d'outre que tout et le tout que n'arrive pas. C'est donc la vie.

À la point de refus d'irrevelence est la séparation de vérité et erroné. C'est la descente de la irregularité d'être, le debut de logique.

C'est la limite de Sagesse. Il est la debut de la perception, la perspective, et la fallibilité. C'est toujours incomplet, mais jamais infini. C'est le fond de vérité et fiction. Ceux sont les étages de la sagesse.

Partant, le Ryup, en ayant la Volonté et la Sagesse, cherche but. Donc le Ryup apprécie potentiel, simplicité, et souplesse.

En appréciant potentiel et ayant Volonté, le Ryup continue à survivre, et apprécie societé.
En appréciant simplicité et adaptabilité, le Ryup limite ses dépendances.
En ayant Sagesse et appréciant simplicité, le Ryup analyse sa ésprit et actions et apprécie l'honeur.
En appréciant adaptability et ayant Volonté, le Ryup apprécie connaissance.
En ayant Sagesse, le Ryup connait néant.
En appréciant adaptabilité et potentiel, le Ryup chérit son couteau.

En analysant sa ésprit et actions et ayant Volonté, le Ryup practique rituel.
En appréciant adaptability et societé, le Ryup utilise uniquement ce que soit disponible immédiatement.
Incapable d'utilise ce que soit disponible immédiatement et appréciant rituel et limitant ses dépendances, le Ryup n'utilise que les outils en sachant ses origins.
En appréciant connaissance et societé, le Ryup est honnête.
En cherchant but et appréciant simplicité, le Ryup apprécie aloi.
En sachant néant et ayant Sagesse et cherchant but, le Ryup agit sans attachement et n'agit pas sur désire.
En manquant but, un Ryup est content avec le monde.
En analysant sa ésprit et actions et appréciant potentiel et connaissance, le Ryup apprécie débat.
En défaillant débate et appréciant adaptabilité, le Ryup apprécie l'autodétermination.
En défaillant l'autodétermination et appréciant potentiel, le Ryup apprécie combat.

[Astraios]

^ That's... interesting. xD

Don't get me wrong, it was fun to read, but your grammar is off by miles.

[Skomakar'n]

*cums at the sight of that image*

Right back at you.

(yes; this was supposed to sound terribly wrong)

[mouse]

your grammar is off by miles.

Might I ask for corrections?
I tried to base the style on the Tao Tö K'ing, so it's intentionally off a bunch, but I'm sure there's allot I missed, like the proper times to use an article or not.

I have an English version too, but I figured French is truly the better language for philosophy.

[Yiuel Raumbesrairc]

your grammar is off by miles.

Might I ask for corrections?
I tried to base the style on the Tao Tö K'ing, so it's intentionally off a bunch, but I'm sure there's allot I missed, like the proper times to use an article or not.

I have an English version too, but I figured French is truly the better language for philosophy.

I'd have fun rewriting it, but I'd need your English version to get the meaning behind what you meant.

(You'd also witness my epic skills at translating from English to French.)

[Astraios]

your grammar is off by miles.

Might I ask for corrections?
I tried to base the style on the Tao Tö K'ing, so it's intentionally off a bunch, but I'm sure there's allot I missed, like the proper times to use an article or not.

I have an English version too, but I figured French is truly the better language for philosophy.

Certe. I'm not a native speaker, so this will be by no means perfect, but I need practice.

So, you were trying to write it in a pseudo-Chinese style? I find that odd, yet somewhat endearing. xD

Well, I tried - I got a bit lost halfway through, and Yiuel's right, the English would be helpful.

Il y a une chose de plus tout que toutes les choses, le Tout de chaque tout qui existe ; c'est le Tout qui n'existe pas, et le Tout qui n'arrive pas.

Il est, à l'éxterieur, indéfinissable et inconnaissable. C'est infini, mais n'est rien ; il casse toutes les règles, mais en fonde chacune. Il ne contient rien, mais en contient la manque ; il contient de plus la manque de tout, et d'outre-tout. Il n'a aucune importance, et n'est pas applicable au monde, mais il faut qu'il existe. De n'importe quel point, il paraît vide. Et à chaque néant se trouve la Création.

C'est la graine d'être, la force spontanée unique, l'irrégularité originale d'être. Un déséquilibre de simplicité parfaite ; vide et potentiel. Cette inégalité refluera encore à l'uniformité plate.

C'est la Volonté de la volonté d'ordonner, de vivre et de saisir cette graine primale d'action. Sans choix, il ne prend qu'une seule voie. Ceci est le rééquilibrant de l'irrégularité originale d'être. Il est donc l'existence.

La création est irregulière, déséquilibrée. L'existence est le reflux à l'égalité. L'existence veut devenir uniforme, mais, en le devenant, deviendra encore l'inéxistence. Ceci causera encore la création.

Il existe une nature cyclique de par l'universe ; si ce ne fut pas le cas, elle ne pourrait pas exister. C'est l'état de chaque être vivant ; la définition entre le Tout qui existe et le Tout qui n'existe pas, entre l'outre-tout et le tout qui n'arrive pas. Il est donc la vie.

Au point de refus de la non-pertinence se trouve la séparation de la vérité et de l'erreur. C'est la descente de l'irrégularité d'être, c'est le début de la logique.

Il est la limite de la Sagesse. C'est le début de la perception, de la perspicacité, et de la faillibilité. Il reste incomplet, mais toujours infini. Il est le de la vérité et de la fiction. Ceux sont les étages de la sagesse.

Pourtant le Ryup, ayant de la Volonté et de la Sagesse, cherche un but. Alors le Ryup apprécie le potentiel, la simplicité et la souplesse.

En appréciant le potentiel, et en ayant de la Volonté, le Ryup continue à survivre, et apprécie la société.
En appréciant la simplicité et l'adaptabilité, le Ryup limite ses dépendances.
En ayant de la Sagesse, et en appréciant la simplicité, le Ryup analyse son ésprit et ses actions, et apprécie l'honeur.
En appréciant l'adaptabilité, et en ayant de la Volonté, le Ryup apprécie la connaissance.
En ayant de la Sagesse, le Ryup connait le néant.
En appréciant l'adaptabilité et le potentiel, le Ryup chérit son couteau.

En analysant son ésprit et ses actions, et en ayant de la Volonté, le Ryup pratique des rituels.
En appréciant l'adaptabilité et la société, le Ryup utilise uniquement ce qui lui est immédiatement disponible.
S'il ne peut pas utiliser ce qui lui est immédiatement disponible, et en appréciant les rituels, et en se limitant les dépendances, le Ryup n'utilise que les outils dont il connait les origines.
En appréciant la connaissance et la société, le Ryup est honnête.
En cherchant un but, et en appréciant la simplicité, le Ryup apprécie l'aloi.
En connaissant le néant, et en ayant de la Sagesse, et en cherchant un but, le Ryup agit sans attachement, et n'agit pas à cause du désir.
En manquant un but, le Ryup est content avec le monde.
En analysant son ésprit et ses actions, et en appréciant le potentiel et la connaissance, le Ryup apprécie le débat.
En défaillant le débat, et en appréciant l'adaptabilité, le Ryup apprécie l'autodétermination.
En défaillant l'autodétermination, et en appréciant le potentiel, le Ryup apprécie le combat.

[Skomakar'n]

Started working on a Gothic building about two hours and a half ago, or so.
This is the rough beginning that I have so far:

[mouse]

Merci beaucoup Astraios et Yiuel! I'll send you PMs to avoid derailing this thread.

[Guitarplayer II]

Creativity of the last couple of days

[Yiuel Raumbesrairc]

Fun with OotS-style art again today :

[Viktor77]

I've finished the first floor of my MS Paint rendition of Lynnewood Hall in Pennsylvania (aka the home of Peter A. B. Widener) in my efforts to archive information of this crumbling icon of the Gilded Age.

[Aurora Rossa]

So the servants had to use a separate corridor from the main one? Probably not the response you were looking for, but the first thing that popped into my head. Not a bad drawing, but damn, that is one big house. Even the first floor alone is pretty overwhelming in size.

[Viktor77]

So the servants had to use a separate corridor from the main one? Probably not the response you were looking for, but the first thing that popped into my head. Not a bad drawing, but damn, that is one big house. Even the first floor alone is pretty overwhelming in size.

Well the servants couldn't be seen, that would be a disaster . And yes, it's humongous, it's over 70000 square feet--funny as no one really has heard of its owner, the Widener family.

[Aurora Rossa]

Well the servants couldn't be seen, that would be a disaster

Really? I will keep that in mind when I write the scenes in my novel of the Aakuran élites.

And yes, it's humongous, it's over 70000 square feet--funny as no one really has heard of its owner, the Widener family.

You could probably fit the population of a whole city block in a house that big. If they made houses any bigger they would become arcologies, wouldn't they.

[Viktor77]

You could probably fit the population of a whole city block in a house that big. If they made houses any bigger they would become arcologies, wouldn't they.

Well, Biltmore (the home of Goerge Washington Vanderbilt II) is 175,000 and there are at least 3 others remaining larger than Lynnewood Hall (it was four others before they razed Whitemarsh Hall also in Pennsylvania).

[Delthayre]

That is, although I cannot speak to its accuracy, a very well drawn floorplan. What program and techniques do you use for such applications.

I know rather little about the great houses of Pennsylvania, or even what ones exist, although I should think that there are a few given how much industry once resided in my native commonwealth. I suppose that the prospect of them tends in my mind to be overawed by our very opulent capitol and various historic public buildings. It's a pity that that one is so destitute; it is really a very beautiful building. Whatever one thinks of the provenance of such structures, if they exist, I think that they can and should be put to good, perhaps ideally public, use.

The surname Widener only reminds me of The Widener University School of Law, of which I know very little. The only remarkable house in Pennsylvania that I can name, in fact, is Falling Water, and I don't even like the work of Frank Lloyd Wright. I suppose that the Thomas Mansion in Catasauqua, which I believe has by now been divided into appartments, might qualify as notable, but it is nowhere near the magnitude of the gilded age homes and I know little about it.

[Christopher Schröder]

I started writing a very lengthily story, probably for a younger audience, but I have enjoyed it nevertheless. I have no idea if any of you will like it, but here follow the first two paragraphs of it. Bonus points to anybody who can identify the origin of the name "Tevrig".

When Tevrig awoke on his fourteenth name-day, he had a strong feeling that it would be a good one, for one's fourteenth name-day always is. He was a pleasant-looking youth who always wore his messy brown hair in a messy foxtail—a sort-of half-restrained trail of long hair boys his age tied together behind their shoulders because Illyrians like Tevrig do not cut their hair—but one whose great courage lay hidden behind the innocent face of a boy. He was also a very, very large one who stood about two or three heads taller than all the other boys his age. When Tevrig leapt from his bed, he had to be careful not to shake the entire house because he was so heavy, and he also had to remember not to do it when he walked down the stairs for fear he might break them. Tevrig was also a very strong boy and could lift anything he was asked, and he looked every bit of it. His father had tried to teach him swordfighting, but Tevrig was also a very clumsy boy and was not yet very good at it.

About his bedroom were scattered several well-read books about so many subjects it was hard for him to remember just how many there were. There were books about trees and flowers, about heroes and journeys, and about all sorts of magic. Tevrig liked magic very much, and he was quite good at it, but the books he loved best were those about an entire planet that had been built with magic machines long ago. None of them ever said what had happened to it after it was made, though, and Tevrig hoped he would find one that did someday.

[Viktor77]

That is, although I cannot speak to its accuracy, a very well drawn floorplan. What program and techniques do you use for such applications.

I know rather little about the great houses of Pennsylvania, or even what ones exist, although I should think that there are a few given how much industry once resided in my native commonwealth. I suppose that the prospect of them tends in my mind to be overawed by our very opulent capitol and various historic public buildings. It's a pity that that one is so destitute; it is really a very beautiful building. Whatever one thinks of the provenance of such structures, if they exist, I think that they can and should be put to good, perhaps ideally public, use.

The surname Widener only reminds me of The Widener University School of Law, of which I know very little. The only remarkable house in Pennsylvania that I can name, in fact, is Falling Water, and I don't even like the work of Frank Lloyd Wright. I suppose that the Thomas Mansion in Catasauqua, which I believe has by now been divided into appartments, might qualify as notable, but it is nowhere near the magnitude of the gilded age homes and I know little about it.

I traced an unclear drawing in MS Paint, my prefered tool because I have ultimate control over its execution.

The most famous mansions of Pennsylvania are probably Lynnewood Hall and Whitemarsh Hall (which no longer exists). Lynnewood Hall is actually in very stable condition and much of its interior remains semi-intact. Its history began to decline when P.A.B Widener's son and grandson died aboard the Titanic. P.A.B. Widener himself (who earned his top 100 fortune in the railroad and streetcar industries as well as investments in tobacco and oil) died shortly thereafter. It was then used as a church for a while and then they abandoned it and it has since been locked in a legal battle. If the state hadn't built a freeway within a 100 yards of the entrance, it's meticulous gardens could even be restored as much still remains here and there. I think you are right on in it making a good public building. Even a museum like the recently renovated Nemours Mansion or DuPont Mansion in Delaware would be a suitable purpose--in fact it was a for a short time a museum as Widener had one of America's most impressive art collections and the house was opened to the public in the 20s and 30s until the pieces were all donated to the National Gallery of Art. The house is truly one of the last of America's Versailles, and with the demise of Whitemarsh Hall, an angel needs to come and save Lynnewood Hall before it meets the same tragic fate.

[Torco]

So I know the traditional, rural houses of the Ieseleu people are round; they like living in roundhouses with conical roofs made out of branches. What I hadn't figured out was a way to make this work with urban living, since there's plenty of Ieseleu cities. Turns out there's a neat way to put a round dome over a square space that the Byzantines figured out and that the Ieseleu, are good at building stuff out of fired brick and have a lower gravity [which means that it's easier to build stuff]. So I made a picture of the kind of house one can find in cities, and here it is.

there was a thread about houses, wasn't there?

[Viktor77]

So I know the traditional, rural houses of the Ieseleu people are round; they like living in roundhouses with conical roofs made out of branches. What I hadn't figured out was a way to make this work with urban living, since there's plenty of Ieseleu cities. Turns out there's a neat way to put a round dome over a square space that the Byzantines figured out and that the Ieseleu, are good at building stuff out of fired brick and have a lower gravity [which means that it's easier to build stuff]. So I made a picture of the kind of house one can find in cities, and here it is.

there was a thread about houses, wasn't there?

I like it, have a floorplan? I know it's just a square space, but how is the interior laid out? Is it one big open space? Why are there two doors? What purpose does the dome serve if any?

[Torco]

So I know the traditional, rural houses of the Ieseleu people are round; they like living in roundhouses with conical roofs made out of branches. What I hadn't figured out was a way to make this work with urban living, since there's plenty of Ieseleu cities. Turns out there's a neat way to put a round dome over a square space that the Byzantines figured out and that the Ieseleu, are good at building stuff out of fired brick and have a lower gravity [which means that it's easier to build stuff]. So I made a picture of the kind of house one can find in cities, and here it is.

there was a thread about houses, wasn't there?

I like it, have a floorplan? I know it's just a square space, but how is the interior laid out? Is it one big open space? Why are there two doors? What purpose does the dome serve if any?

Isometry ftw, right? I'm sure different houses will have different plans. This one I imagine like so



A being the entrance where there's also stuff on display like art or weapons, b is the fireplace, c being the common room, where families chat, sing, get drunk, and fight. it is also where children sleep. d is the kitchen and e is the master bedroom, where the man and his two wifes sleep. there's houses that are just one open space, which generally belong to recent rural immigrants [since traditional rural houses have at most one inner wall]. The dome serves to make the house rounder [they feel square houses are ugly as hell], to make it taller [so that smells and smoke rise instead of smothering inhabitants] and to provide the house with a strong roof. The two doors have to do with the cultural custom of having separate entrances and exits: you don't enter the same way you exit someone's house, I mean, who does that?

[Viktor77]

Oooo que interesante! Me encantan tus casitas (o en verdad las casitas de tu congente jaja).

[Torco]

Oooo que interesante! Me encantan tus casitas (o en verdad las casitas de tu congente jaja).

Flaco, mis felicitaciones. tu castellano ha mejorado un kilo.

I like the term 'congente', bte xD