Contemporary Techniques
The computer, like the typewriter, can be used to produce automatic writing and automatic poetry. The practice of automatic drawing, originally performed with pencil or pen and paper, has also been adapted to mouse and monitor, and other automatic methods have also been either adapted from non-digital media, or invented specifically for the computer. For instance, filters have been automatically run in some bitmap editor programs such as Photoshop and The GIMP, and computer-controlled brushes have been used to "simulate" automatism.
Grandview - a software application created in 2011 for the Mac - displays one word at a time across the entire screen as a user types, facilitating automatic writing.
Read more about this topic: Surrealist Automatism
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