Bitstream Talisman

In ‘Phenomenal Sorcery’ I describe the technique of rendering statements into binary, then creating a graphic bitmap which depicts that series of bits in a grid in which values of 1 are white and 0 are black.

Here is an example of this put into practice. This is a bitmap of the word Paragon:

A bitstream talisman

I typed the word into an online ASCII to binary converter, then pasted the results into a spreadsheet, one digit per cell. I filled the 0 cells with black, then deleted all of the characters. I then printed out and cut out the strip. I wound it tightly and secured it, then placed it into a pill carrier that is attached to my keychain.