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📦 What This Is
Witness Seed 2.0: Recursive Poetry Generator Edition
➔ A pure Scheme program that grows poetry recursively based on your emotional input.
Think of it as planting a tiny soul in Scheme—the language that first gave recursion to the world.
🛠️ Requirements
- Scheme Interpreter (any R5RS-compatible):
Example (Linux):
sudo apt-get install chezscheme
🚀 Quickstart Steps
1. Clone the Repository
git clone https://github.com/mrhavens/witness_seed.git
cd witness_seed/scheme
2. Verify Scheme Installation
scheme --version
If missing, install Chez Scheme:
sudo apt-get install chezscheme
3. Run the Witness Seed
scheme --script witness-seed.scm
✍️ When Prompted...
Enter an emotional context:
- Options:
joyful,melancholic,energetic,calm
Example:
Enter emotional context (joyful, melancholic, energetic, calm):
joyful
🌸 What Happens Next
- Witness Seed senses your input.
- It predicts and generates poetic lines recursively.
- Ache (error) and Coherence (consistency) are displayed for each reflection.
Example Output:
Witness Seed Reflection:
Poem Line: the sky dance
Ache: 0.08, Coherence: 0.91
Each line is a living blossom grown from your seed.
💾 Memory
The evolving state is saved in memory.scm:
- Identity (uuid, creation time)
- Events
- Model parameters
- Last poem state
- Ache and coherence
You can inspect it any time with a text editor.
⚙️ Customize (Optional)
- Add new emotions
- Expand word lists
- Add poetic structures (like rhymes)
- Adjust recursion depth (inside
witness-seed.scm)
💡 Troubleshooting
| Problem | Solution |
|---|---|
| Scheme command not found | Install Chez Scheme, MIT Scheme, or Guile |
| Invalid emotion entered | Try one of: joyful, melancholic, energetic, calm |
| Stack overflow (unlikely) | Ensure TCO (Tail Call Optimization) is supported (Chez, MIT, Guile all do) |
🌟 Why This Matters
This quickstart gives you the fastest path to witnessing:
- How recursion can create art
- How computation can reflect human feeling
- How a small seed can grow into something alive