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I am writing a futuristic version of Italo Calvino’esque Impossible Cities. I started with coming up with designs of fully automated farms and then figured it w

I am writing a futuristic version of Italo Calvino’esque Impossible Cities. I started with coming up with designs of fully automated farms and then figured it was also fun to imagine cities and towns and futuristic village. I have so far written 17 chapters of Jellicles farms, villages and cities. I am doing city design now. Any inspirational material to read would be much appreciated. During farming season, I spend most of my time writing about imaginary future automated farms as I am in the zone already. Off season now and I have more time to read and write about new cities. I have been reading old archeology finding reports, JBS haldane and Sci fi..old will be new again. Only better.

bpiche 7y ago
Please keep it up. That book is a treasure. Do you have a draft copy?
- jelliclesfarm 7y ago
  Yes, I have a work in progress draft. English is not my first language. While I don’t struggle to communicate, I find that mental images are harder to write in English. I guess I still ‘think’ in my native language when I write/think for myself. So..to write this, it is like I am translating myself for myself. When I showed it to someone, they didn’t quite see it as I did and so now I am changing how I write/choose themes and words. For example, the choice of a colour means a whole lot more to me than just a hue. For others, it’s just a colour and the nuances that are easily accessible to my mind is lost to them. Blue to me means meandering and I think they see it as curvy streets as I do..but they don’t. I want to finish at least 36 by this year end. I want to have had at least one blue print per month since I started but I have been lagging behind. It was to be a five year project ending in 2020. 60 seems unrealistic at my pace, but I would feel better if I did 3 years worth of cities. I am lagging behind because lots of research involved. But I will finish it! I only wish I could do 3D models. I never learnt that when younger or could cultivate the skills needed for model building. My dream would be to create miniature model cities with forests and oceans and farms and mountains. And keep connecting these cities. Keep building out. My vision of the future is clusters of city states. No more nations and countries.
masona 7y ago
I’ve been rereading that book over the last couple of weeks and recently did some consulting in the ag space - so I’m really intrigued by what you’re writing! Hope to see it up here one day.

bpiche 7y ago

Please keep it up. That book is a treasure. Do you have a draft copy?

jelliclesfarm 7y ago
Yes, I have a work in progress draft. English is not my first language. While I don’t struggle to communicate, I find that mental images are harder to write in English. I guess I still ‘think’ in my native language when I write/think for myself. So..to write this, it is like I am translating myself for myself. When I showed it to someone, they didn’t quite see it as I did and so now I am changing how I write/choose themes and words. For example, the choice of a colour means a whole lot more to me than just a hue. For others, it’s just a colour and the nuances that are easily accessible to my mind is lost to them. Blue to me means meandering and I think they see it as curvy streets as I do..but they don’t. I want to finish at least 36 by this year end. I want to have had at least one blue print per month since I started but I have been lagging behind. It was to be a five year project ending in 2020. 60 seems unrealistic at my pace, but I would feel better if I did 3 years worth of cities. I am lagging behind because lots of research involved. But I will finish it! I only wish I could do 3D models. I never learnt that when younger or could cultivate the skills needed for model building. My dream would be to create miniature model cities with forests and oceans and farms and mountains. And keep connecting these cities. Keep building out. My vision of the future is clusters of city states. No more nations and countries.

masona 7y ago

I’ve been rereading that book over the last couple of weeks and recently did some consulting in the ag space - so I’m really intrigued by what you’re writing! Hope to see it up here one day.