In this session of our series The Evolution of Ideas, I share some things I wrote using the cut-up technique, which is an aleatory narrative technique in which a written text is cut up and rearranged to create a new text. Aleatory means depending on chance or randomness.
This session was recorded on March 2, 2025 by Bevan Bird.
Mature audiences only, listener discretion is advised.
I may add more information here, with a list of the authors, novels, stories, artists or art that I mention.
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About the speaker
Bevan Bird was born in Canada in 1985 and travelled a fair bit with his parents before the age of six. He is an experimental artist (creative writer, poet, visual artist and AI artist) expanding the liveliest ideas – those that bring the most excitement or joy. Exploring the evolution of ideas in the arts, he is passionate about the roles of imagination and invention in creating a better future for humanity. Serving as a Guide, he intuitively guides people to find their authentic voice as a creative artist. He encourages people to let their self be their self, do what comes naturally to them, and go at their own pace.
For fun, as he was “growing up”, he experimented in computer games and computer graphics and invented some new fractals, among other things. He co-authored The Rockstars of JVZoo.com, Your Shift Matters, and Goodness Abounds. He earned a Bachelor of Technology with Distinction in Geomatics Engineering Technology (Surveying) at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. He received the Governor General’s Academic Bronze Medal in 2007 and The Bachelor of Technology Achievement Award in Geomatics in 2009, among 11 other awards and scholarships. He has worked as a surveyor, programmer, social media coach, AI artist, self-healing catalyst, teacher and crypto trader. He enjoys nature, reading, making art, surfing, trying new things, improvising, talking with smart and funny people, wintering in the tropics and witnessing people reclaim their power as a creative force of nature in their own life. He lives in Princeton, BC, Canada.