Thursday, June 24, 2010

Word Cloud


I love a word cloud! Do you all know what a word cloud is? It's a computer script that will take the random words you enter and arrange them in a creative way. For example, in the one above I used the text from my blog posts to create the cloud. Some programs will make words bigger that are used more often. You can usually pick the colors and also try the words in lots of different configurations. Really fun, and revealing too. When you see what you've been focusing on rearranged in an abstract way, it's takes on a whole other meaning. It can give your words a beauty and importance (maybe false?) that you might otherwise miss. Give it a whirl. Fun stuff.

Today I'm going to complete a stamped custom necklace for a graduating teacher. The words are in Hawaiian. How cool is that!!

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2 comments:

  1. no i had never seen a word cloud. i love that idea for my song lyrics too! where do i find the program to do it?

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  2. There are lots of free ones online. This is my favorite www.tagxedo.com . Have fun!!

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