progress: 1. fabrication for fountain 2. material gathering: neopixel, fabrication material 3. revise concept and fabrication 4. decide to use max/msp instead of garage bang for generating music 5.get bump for pouring out water 6.user test water string Not sure yet: 1. bluetooth communication; 2. will two IR sensors interfere with each other? otherwise, I will switch to time distance sensors 3. water string is not as high as it should be plan: 11.27 - 12.3: bluetooth communic

This week, I come up with my pcom idea and did some basic research. I also tested the physical interaction part. Ideation: 老子是道家学说的创始人，其道的核心为“法自然”和“无为”。张岱年先生指出，“道是老子本体论的最高范畴”。老子在开篇就提出：“道可道，非常道；名可名，非常名。”“可道”、“可名”的不是“常道”、“常名”，言外之意就是，“常道”、“常名”是不可道、不可名的。要言道说名，不得不又回到了现实，通过它的集大成者---水来“立象以尽意”。 水——寻常物，一切生命体内皆有水，可它的寻常却也造就了它的不寻常。水有人性，人亦是水，生命起始于水，生存离不开水。冥冥之中，我们与水有着密不可分的联系。而这种联系一定程度上有反映到了老子之道和水之间。 Concept: - nature - human beings - Yin and Yang - Taoism & Lao Tsu 上善若水，水善利万物而不争。处众人之所恶，故几于

At first, I want to make an interactive fountain. People, by controlling the flow of water, communicate with the water. It's a process for meditation or simply a public installation. Some light and sound will change according to different flow of water. But then, I found that controlling the flow of water cleverly and beautifully is not easy, so I prefer to leave this idea to next semester. For pcom final, I finally decided to make an interactive generative art. I haven't dec