This is a primer on getting started with making generative art from a newbie’s perspective. In here you will find lots of hyperlinked resources to guides, studies and artists to catalyze your growth and understanding of the space. I have also included summaries of some of the basic tools in a google colab notebook, and some personal thoughts/wisdom in creating a well defined ‘prompt’.

The teachings and writing in this article comes directly from Swami Tadatmananda from the Arsha Bodha Center. There is a lot of new ager thought about this school of practice, so to the intention of creating this article was primarily to satisfy my curiosity on the matter. Swami Tadatmananda recounts what the original texts wrote about the practice and explores both objective and subjective experiences. Key points bolded.

There are plenty of options for this process, as each tool by itself is capable of sorting musical data and creating new playlists by themselves. The combination recommended below is what has worked best for me, but as you get familiar with the tool (dw, the UI is very friendly on all) you might find your own most suitable path!