Year 4: Quarter 4
- Branden Singletary
- Apr 15, 2022
- 5 min read
Updated: 5 days ago
Finally, finality.
It is done. As stated in the previous update, Metaforma will be released on April 22, 2022.
It will be free to read on online and readily shareable for everyone.
Goals of the Previous Quarter
[ ✓ ] Finish writing Metaforma.
[ ✓ ] Revise, edit, format, design, and finalize Metaforma.
[ ✓ ] Make preparations for the launch.
It was a wiiiiild ride.
What more needs to be said?
Revelations
Well, there is plenty to be said!
After completing Metaforma, I will say that the patterns of the world -- and how ineffably complex they are being "woven" together -- have revealed just how vast and wonderful it all truly is. Even more, this is only what I, as a limited thing in this world, can presently only conceive of.
This is what I can say after exploring some of the observed patterns of the world's splendor, as they were made apparent to me.
The world speaks for itself.
All upon the world is expressed, as expressions.
All expressions are appearances and these appearances are meaningful to each of us.
Meaning is implicit and only knowable through context -- otherwise, it is unspeakable to us.
All is contextualized and what is without context is not in the world.
What is not in the world cannot be spoken of.
What expresses the totality of the world cannot be spoken of.
As the world unfolds, all will continue to be expressed in an ongoing process.
All can only ever be expressed, and only in hindsight may this be deemed "inevitable."
All expressions echo previous ones as unique variations; all is new, nothing repeats.
All expressions extend from a floor of simplicity, from which, all echoes unfurl.
All expressions are bound by simple law by the unspeakable.
Unspeakable law ensures the progression of expression, forever.
Unspeakable law ensures synergy between all expressions.
From synergy, follows knots, and from knots, follows turbulence.
Through unspeakable law, all expressions strive towards the minimization of turbulence.
All turbulence will fall back upon synergy and it is aided through our actions.
Our actions must be synergetic to not further heighten turbulence.
All expressions are retained and nothing is ever lost.
All continues, ever-changing, ever-lasting.
This will be witnessed, by all, in all its splendor, forever.
For the purposes of communication with others, more can, and will, always be expressed.
I need not express more about the world towards myself -- I need only listen.
I'm reminded of a statement that still resonates with me today: "All good design speaks for itself." Design, at a baseline, is expression that is active and intentional -- orientated towards solving a "problem." Though I have slight contention with the idea that this world was "designed" (because one may easily project human attributes upon what cannot be spoken of) I can say that this world is a necessary expression, that inherently "solves the problem" of total absence/nothingness. And though it is impossible to speak of the unspeakable, one may opt to imagine this extrusion of expression from the "floor of simplicity" as "active and intentional" as there is no other means in which this extrusion may be done -- it must be done in this specific manner, and indeed, this is what necessarily, continuously, occurs.
Its terror has stricken me with spite, sadness, and anger in many different contexts, and this terror is frequently scattered by its beauty, of which, has stricken me with tears, bringing me closer towards the apex of my own alignment to this world, if such an apex even exists.
Attempting to witness it all from an abstracted totality, I am only left in awe of its majesty. This, to me, indicates its unmatchable quality. The world speaks for itself. This is more than enough for me.
This leaves Metaforma in an interesting spot in this context. It is a world unto itself, that attempts to reflect our own, but it is limited in its capacity to do so. It requires significant degrees of mulling over, comparing and contrasting between its contents, the reader's personal set of content/knowledge, and the contents of our world. It requires clarification and explanation because language is limited and my own use of language is especially limited. Metaforma inherently necessitates for our world to speak through it in order for it to be comprehensible at all.
I cannot say that this work, something that is to reflect a "good-design-that-speaks-for-itself" actually managed to accomplish its goal of reflection in the deepest sense imaginable (and of course, this is actually impossible, no work can actually do this), but I can say that it is good enough for what I realized it was actually for. And chief among these purposes would be that it gives me a foundation of creation to work from, it orders my worldview, it allows for deep interpretation, and it may, very well, inspire others to pursue similar forms of expression -- expression that will connect them to others and the world around them in a richly meaningful way.
Metaforma, through aid from myself and through aid of the world, is allowed to speak in a myriad of ways, and though it may never be perfect, I will carry it with me, its context ever-changing and content ever-lasting.
And this is more than enough for me.
Goals
All of our journeys are far from over, and I'm certain none of us are anywhere near where we want to be right now. Myself included.
The world -- this universe, far beyond what we could ever possibly observe -- is inherently beautiful. To think I once scorned it, and all that lived within it, all for its horror and "mundanity!" This is undoubtedly renounced.
We all have a hand in how it all unfolds and all will eventually opt towards the unfolding of beauty and it is this that is subject to the highest degree of consolidation. Beauty, its complexity, and the impact it has on each of us, will only compound.
As for what I will do, I will continue to express.
I will continue building on top of what I've made, gathering patterns and integrating them into this totalized, foundational structure of patterns that I've established for myself, as an homage this world, instead of trying to build something that I can escape into, away from the world.
I will experience more of this world, firsthand. To do this, I need funds and a lot of time to plan.
I opt offer my skillset, and the personal knowledge that I've gathered up to this point, to others. I will be creating things for other people, which will severely reduce the amount of time I have to work on personal projects, not that I planned on doing anything else particularly grand to begin with.
With this, there is no further reason to provide updates like this on how this project progresses, nor will I have that big of a desire to do it. There will be no updates of my work that will warrant paragraphs and those that are genuinely interested in its progress would likely check up on what I'm doing on their own accord. As such, this will be the final quarterly update. And given the convergence of personal meanings that I've realized (and only mentioned in the previous update in passing), this cessation is only more fitting.
Finally, I will opt to be better. For the one I love dearest, for all those that surround me, and the totality of all those that will ever come to be.
None of this would ever come to be without you.
Thank you for your lasting interest.
Thank you for your existence.
Apparent to you or not,
know that you are loved.
Know that you always will be.
Upon realization,
all will do with this
what they will.
And I am no exception.