The drawings presented herein provide variations on a theme; that being curved and variable-thickness calligraphic lines, and straight collections of lines in web-like formation. I controlled the first completely and part of the second (direction) while an algorithm drew the webs whenever two of my lines neared one another. The combination of human and computer-assisted algorithmic approaches interest me immensely and I find the resultant drawings fascinating. Thus, this book.David Cope has written many books on music including. New Directions in Music, Techniques of the Contemporary Composer, Computers and Musical Style, Experiments in Musical Intelligence, The Algorithmic Composer, Virtual Music, and Computer Models of Musical Intelligence. He currently lives in Santa Cruz, California and Santa Fe, New Mexico with his wife Mary Jane Cope.