TIL the original book was published in '64—kinda surprised to learn that, because by that time experiments with mediums were already quite widespread, particula

TIL the original book was published in '64—kinda surprised to learn that, because by that time experiments with mediums were already quite widespread, particularly in literature (afaik): e.g. Principia Discordia, ‘published’ in '63. Pretty sure that suprematism and constructivism from the '15s and '20's were steps in this direction, and by the time of brutalism and general mid-century modernism, things were in full swing. Take Swiss modernism in print design: it's hard to not get the message. By now, of course, the sentiment has permeated the culture—so in the recent discussion on Codex Seraphinianus, the comments immediately derail it to works that are ‘weird’ but play with the form at least as much as the content: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29413428 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29413428