11.9.2011 The programmer is still reading Appendix A of the Phylogon Engine Manual; the author's commentary on the part in The Divine Invasion where PKD introduces phylogons.

In this passage the original text is cut and pasted a bit to emphasize the graphical presentation of the phylogons.
"He regarded the world outside him which now had become 
reduced to spare geometric shapes, squares mostly, 
and the Golden Rectangle as a doorway. 
....
Now, Emmanuel thought, I will change the universe that 
I have taken inside me. He regarded the geometric shapes 
and allowed them to fill up a little with matter...he saw 
accretional layers laminated together in sequence along the 
linear time axis"
The most interesting part here, mentioned in passing and easily overlooked, is how Emmanuel moves the shapes into reality by allowing matter to accumulate. This transition of thought to substance, allowing a desire to gather physical form, lies at the heart of creative work.
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