A Whole New Year

It has been quite some time since the idea of remixing the Willow Patterns book was proposed. Many ideas have been thrown around, with the raw data being scrutinised, stretched, and segmented into workable bits.

Since then a number of possible creations have been theorized and played with, but some have finally come into the light.

Pascalle Burton created a surreal video containing all the words used in Willow Patterns only once. The onslaught of lyrical vocabulary really expresses the versatility of the writing used as well as the sheer creativity authors need in order to stretch the reader's imagination. After the first few minutes, if you listen carefully and stop concentrating on the words themselves, the video turns into an impressive chorus of originality not unlike many rap songs out today. It's also a fun game to see if you can pick out the words "Douche-bagery".

Nathan Curnow put together one of the greatest poems ever created made entirely of catchphrases and quotes from the book combined with the banter brought from the grueling production process.

There are also a number of other written works all concocted using the Willow Pattern stories as a canvas. They can all be found over at if:book or the Willow Pattern website and each is worth a read just for the ingenuity. 

So with that in mind, and with the beginning of a new year of creativity, let's take another look at remixing The Willow Pattern and what else we can do with the idea of the book.