Kurt Vonnegut’s story shapes drawn into Google Correlate

austinkleon:

Taking a cue from Kottke, I plugged Vonnegut’s story shapes into Google Correlate using the drawing feature, and here’s what I got:

“person who is leading a bearable life, who experiences misfortune, who overcomes misfortune, and who is happier afterward for having demonstrated resourcefulness and strength” = hemorrhoids

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boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back again = yellow pages cleveland

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creation myth = art blog

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Old Testament creation myth = ultimate guitar tabs

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Kafka’s metamorphosis = fruit machines

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Cinderella story = Max & Erma’s

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