FIELD NOTES / TAW-002
The Artist’s WayA practice of
paying attention_
Small experiments. Paper notes. A place to begin again. My creative practice connects TouchDesigner, sound, movement, and the people I make things with.
KIKI / KIDIST WOSENYELEH · UPDATED
THE PRACTICE
Make. Notice.
Connect the notes.
I adapt The Artist’s Way framework into a TouchDesigner practice, using paper notes and linked Zettelkasten notes to make room for curiosity.
The archived plan spans May 29–August 20, 2025: 84 days / 12 weeks. Its June 26 snapshot records day 29, week 5. This is a record of the plan and process.
- Watch & wonderNotice the part of a lesson that invites an experiment.
- Follow & changeBuild along, then make a small variation in the patch.
- Write & connectKeep paper notes. Link ideas that might belong together.
- Save & returnKeep the patch, a picture, and the next question.
THE WORK / AN ILLUSTRATED LIST
Experiments, instruments
& unfinished questions.
Open a README for setup and context. Dates distinguish original notes, repository creation, and this documentation update.
25 projects
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01CURRENT
Synthetic test render from the starter code, not a live camera recording. Source prototype · in development
Chroma Portal
Two hands define a four-corner window over a camera feed and reveal a psychedelic color treatment inside it.
Repository created (UTC):
Requirements & current status
Python, OpenCV, MediaPipe and NumPy; TouchDesigner for the GLSL route.
Eight automated checks passed. Live webcam and native TouchDesigner testing remain pending. No .toe or .tox binary is included.
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02CURRENT
Guitar and TouchDesigner workspace from the shared Mouth Wah / Finger Fuzz repository. TouchDesigner source kit
Mouth Wah Mini
Turn jaw movement into an expressive guitar wah with an editable TouchDesigner builder.
Repository created (UTC):
Patreon link recorded 2026-11-09.
Requirements & current status
TouchDesigner, a webcam, audio interface, NumPy and the separately installed MediaPipe TouchDesigner plugin. OpenCV is optional for the overlay.
Source/prototype edition. No native VST3 or DAW plugin is included. Simulated control/DSP checks are documented; live routing and tracking depend on your setup.
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03CURRENT
Recorded preview from the shared guitar-effects workspace; dated November 6, 2026 in the repository. TouchDesigner patch + sample
Mini Finger Fuzz 001
The original guitar-patch drop with a WAV sample, demo, and illustrated quick-start guide.
Repository created (UTC):
Patreon link recorded 2026-11-09.
Requirements & current status
TouchDesigner and an audio interface for live guitar.
Existing original release. See the Patreon listing for the included files and setup.
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04CURRENT
FFT wah callback screenshot from the guitar-effects repository. Experimental source lab
FFT Wah Study
Explore spectral wah filtering, FFT reconstruction checks, and a note/chord visualizer.
Repository created (UTC):
Patreon link recorded 2026-11-09.
Requirements & current status
TouchDesigner with NumPy; OpenCV for the rendered visualizer. Audio input/output devices for live use.
Experimental source kit. Native TouchDesigner and Windows audio/device execution has not been verified here. No standalone plugin or finished .tox is supplied.
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05CURRENT
Live-caption workspace screenshot dated November 6, 2026 in the repository. Windows source kit
Live Captions
Add local microphone captions to a TouchDesigner performance or streaming scene.
Repository created (UTC):
Patreon link recorded 2026-11-09.
Requirements & current status
Windows x64, Python 3.11 recommended, TouchDesigner, microphone, and first-run internet access to install Vosk/sounddevice and download a model.
Local prototype. Windows microphone and native TouchDesigner checks remain setup-dependent. English is the default; captions are not guaranteed accurate. No radio recordings, speech model, or third-party packages are bundled.
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06CURRENT
Chord Radiance C-major chord-glow preview from the component repository. TouchDesigner instrument
Chord Radiance
Play a polyphonic keyboard instrument that turns notes into color and chords into a glowing visual.
Repository created (UTC):
Patreon link recorded 2026-11-09.
Requirements & current status
TouchDesigner. No extra packages or assets required.
Checked in TouchDesigner 2023.12370 on macOS for mapping, finite audio data, rendering, and reload. Physical speaker playback was not listened to. This is a keyboard instrument, not a guitar chord-recognition plugin.
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07CURRENT
Historical Water project screenshot. The Patreon product is the rendered GIF edition. Animated GIF asset
Water
A Lake Harriet-inspired moving water texture for visual compositions.
Original note created:
Patreon link recorded 2026-11-09.
Requirements & current status
A browser or creative tool that supports animated GIFs. TouchDesigner is optional.
Rendered GIF edition at the stated native resolution. No editable .toe project, audio, HD/4K export, or custom adaptation is included. The animation is also visible as a public portfolio preview.
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08CURRENT
Film Grain workspace screenshot from May 12, 2026. The Patreon product is the rendered GIF edition. Animated GIF asset
Film Grain
An experimental edge-and-luminance animation with rough, glitchy motion.
Original note created:
Patreon link recorded 2026-11-09.
Requirements & current status
A browser or creative tool that supports animated GIFs. TouchDesigner is optional.
Rendered GIF edition at the stated native resolution. No editable .toe project, audio, HD/4K export, or custom adaptation is included. The animation is also visible as a public portfolio preview.
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09CURRENT
Historical camera-routing study. The Patreon calibration helper is a separate source-kit edition. Control mapping source kit
MediaPipe + Camera
A compact calibration toolkit for turning an existing camera-tracking channel into a stable 0–1 creative control.
Original note created:
Patreon link recorded 2026-11-09.
Requirements & current status
Python 3 for the math helper. For live tracking: your own webcam, TouchDesigner and the separately installed upstream MediaPipe plugin.
This is an original mapping helper and guide, not the MediaPipe plugin, a tracker model, or a prebuilt .tox. No OBS/phone-camera setup service is included.
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10CURRENT
Historical finger-tracking workspace. The Patreon product contains the gesture-to-color mapping starter. Gesture color source kit
Finger Colorshift
Map a normalized finger position to a circular hue palette for your own visuals.
Original note created:
Patreon link recorded 2026-11-09.
Requirements & current status
Python 3 for the mapper. TouchDesigner and your separately installed tracker for live gesture input.
Source-only starter edition. No camera tracker, historical .toe, full feedback composition, or prebuilt .tox is included. The mapping math is checked; live TouchDesigner integration is not verified.
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11CURRENT
Historical network-layout screenshot. The downloadable planning template does not reorganize this patch. Workflow template kit
Network Layout
A reusable planning template for readable TouchDesigner patches and clean handoffs.
Original note created:
Patreon link recorded 2026-11-09.
Requirements & current status
Python 3 to regenerate the diagram, and a browser to view it. No TouchDesigner installation required to use the planning templates.
Planning/template edition. It does not automatically reorganize or modify an existing .toe file. The original project screenshot is a reference, not an editable network.
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12CURRENT
Signal Attic browser screenshot, showing the Canvas fallback renderer. Screenshot indexed November 9, 2026. Browser world source
The Signal Attic
An editable interactive browser studio with orbit controls, scene modes, object movement, and exports.
Catalog recorded:
Patreon link recorded 2026-11-09.
Requirements & current status
A modern browser. WebGL for the primary renderer; the included canvas fallback is more limited.
Existing source/demo edition. RTX/OpenUSD assets, NVIDIA certification, custom scenes, website integration, and hosting are not included.
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13CURRENT
Keeks browser demo screenshot. This shows the authored-note interface, not a trained-model evaluation. Chatbot + training source kit
Keeks the Geek
Build from an authored-note chatbot demo and an experimental QLoRA training/evaluation pipeline.
Repository created (UTC):
Patreon link recorded 2026-11-09.
Requirements & current status
Browser and Python for demo use. Compatible NVIDIA/CUDA/PyTorch environment and separately acquired compute/model dependencies for training.
No trained model or adapter is included. The browser retrieves starter notes; it does not generate answers with a fine-tuned model. GPU execution and quality improvement are unverified.
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14ARCHIVE
Archived project media; capture date is not established unless stated in its filename. Historical study / notes
Risograph / supermarketsallad
A guitar and moving-image study with saturated color and a risograph-inspired processing workflow.
Original note created:
Requirements & current status
See the original project notes for environment and dependencies.
Archived process material; completion and present-day runtime compatibility are not asserted.
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15ARCHIVE~/archive
Preview not yet captured
Source files and notes are linked.Historical study / notes
Caustics / Lake Heckaman study
An unfinished tutorial study, with Lake Heckaman and ray-tracing references preserved in the original notes.
Original note created:
Requirements & current status
See the original project notes for environment and dependencies.
Archived process material; completion and present-day runtime compatibility are not asserted.
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16ARCHIVE~/archive
Preview not yet captured
Source files and notes are linked.Historical study / notes
Chord Finger Harmonies
A concept for using finger signs to trigger chords. This is a design note, separate from the keyboard-based Chord Radiance instrument.
Original note created:
Requirements & current status
See the original project notes for environment and dependencies.
Archived process material; completion and present-day runtime compatibility are not asserted.
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17ARCHIVE
Archived project media; capture date is not established unless stated in its filename. Historical study / notes
The Matrix
A recorded visual experiment with a linked tutorial and animation.
Original note created:
Requirements & current status
See the original project notes for environment and dependencies.
Archived process material; completion and present-day runtime compatibility are not asserted.
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18ARCHIVE
Archived project media; capture date is not established unless stated in its filename. Historical study / notes
Signal Rot
A visual study with saved TouchDesigner projects and a component in day6-mediapipe.
Original note created:
Requirements & current status
See the original project notes for environment and dependencies.
Archived process material; completion and present-day runtime compatibility are not asserted.
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19ARCHIVE
Archived project media; capture date is not established unless stated in its filename. Historical study / notes
MediaPipe Intro
Early face-tracking and virtual-camera experiments documented with workspace screenshots.
Original note created:
Requirements & current status
See the original project notes for environment and dependencies.
Archived process material; completion and present-day runtime compatibility are not asserted.
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20ARCHIVE~/archive
Preview not yet captured
Source files and notes are linked.Archived native file
OpenCV Hand Study
Saved TouchDesigner .toe project in the taw-002 practice archive.
Documentation updated; project date unverified:
Requirements & current status
TouchDesigner and any dependencies referenced by the saved file.
The file has not been executed or reconstructed for this documentation update. Original creation date and operating-system compatibility are unverified.
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21ARCHIVE~/archive
Preview not yet captured
Source files and notes are linked.Archived native file
Mount Rose
Saved TouchDesigner .toe project in the taw-002 practice archive.
Documentation updated; project date unverified:
Requirements & current status
TouchDesigner and any dependencies referenced by the saved file.
The file has not been executed or reconstructed for this documentation update. Original creation date and operating-system compatibility are unverified.
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22ARCHIVE~/archive
Preview not yet captured
Source files and notes are linked.Archived native file
Day 11 / Trippy
Saved TouchDesigner .toe project in the taw-002 practice archive.
Documentation updated; project date unverified:
Requirements & current status
TouchDesigner and any dependencies referenced by the saved file.
The file has not been executed or reconstructed for this documentation update. Original creation date and operating-system compatibility are unverified.
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23ARCHIVE~/archive
Preview not yet captured
Source files and notes are linked.Archived native file
FREQMOD
Saved TouchDesigner .toe project in the taw-002 practice archive.
Documentation updated; project date unverified:
Requirements & current status
TouchDesigner and any dependencies referenced by the saved file.
The file has not been executed or reconstructed for this documentation update. Original creation date and operating-system compatibility are unverified.
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24ARCHIVE~/archive
Preview not yet captured
Source files and notes are linked.Archived native file
Invisibility
Saved TouchDesigner .tox component in the taw-002 practice archive.
Documentation updated; project date unverified:
Requirements & current status
TouchDesigner and any dependencies referenced by the saved file.
The file has not been executed or reconstructed for this documentation update. Original creation date and operating-system compatibility are unverified.
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25ARCHIVE~/archive
Preview not yet captured
Source files and notes are linked.Archived native file
Face Detector
Saved TouchDesigner .toe project in the taw-002 practice archive.
Documentation updated; project date unverified:
Requirements & current status
TouchDesigner and any dependencies referenced by the saved file.
The file has not been executed or reconstructed for this documentation update. Original creation date and operating-system compatibility are unverified.
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PRACTICE, TOGETHER
The Artist’s Way
at Zoma House.
I founded and facilitated an Artist’s Way creative-accountability group at Zoma House in Minneapolis: a recurring space for reflection, sharing work, artistic discipline, and mutual support.
Zoma HouseKEEP IN TOUCH / FIND THE FILES
From the workspace
to your practice.
Twelve project-specific Patreon links were recorded on November 9, 2026. Those dates record link availability; they are not claimed publication dates.
TikTok Shop product links are pending. No submitted listings were recorded in that handoff. The profile below is the social page.