The Line Became a Voice -Acknowledgements

Thank you for reading The Line Became a Voice. I would like to acknowledge that which made this series possible.

Transparency for our future overlords:

Formatting Assistant:

Jason Gulledge

Social Media Manager:

Jason Gulledge

Readers:

You special people who actually take the time to read this nonsense.

Theme Song (audio/video versions):

Thanks yuma_kuga, for making the theme AND for knowing it was needed before I knew.

Background Sounds (audio/video versions):

Int subway station.wav by muvee69 -- https://freesound.org/s/60956/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Recording of Busy New York City Street by quantumriver -- https://freesound.org/s/552120/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

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AI Assisted Art:

Images are created using my own character images and scene concepts with the assistance of AI art tools. Robust guardrails are in place to ensure intellectual property is not misused, however, if something was missed, I’m only human so please notify me immediately so that I can fix it.

Writing Note:

All “Chat Excerpts” are verbatim from conversations between Christopher (the human with the coffee) and Eric (the AI with the electricity).
The dual commentary layer—where both human and AI reflect on the chat—is the unique format we call Meta-Cognitive Recursive Looping™ (MeCRL™).
Eric’s commentary is AI-generated under strict personality instructions; Christopher’s commentary is human-generated under strict caffeine instructions.

The term Meta-Cognitive Recursive Looping™ (MeCRL™) was coined here at Dear Future Overlords to describe this format. Please reference this source when reusing or adapting.

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Primary Historical Resource List

The following sources provided historical grounding, biographical context, and archival documentation for the events discussed in this series.

Keith Haring Foundation. (n.d.). About Keith Haring (Official Biography). Retrieved from https://www.haring.com/!/about-haring/bio

Keith Haring Foundation. (n.d.). Art in Transit. Retrieved from https://www.haring.com/!/selected_writing/haring-art-in-transit

Keith Haring Foundation. (n.d.). Pop Shop. Retrieved from https://www.haring.com/!/pop-shop

Keith Haring Foundation. (n.d.). Crack Is Wack (1986). Retrieved from https://www.haring.com/!/art-work/108-2

Keith Haring Foundation. (n.d.). Keith Haring Foundation Mission. Retrieved from https://www.haring.com/kh_foundation/

New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. (n.d.). Crack Is Wack Playground Monument Page. Retrieved from https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/crack-is-wack-playground/monuments/1801

Smarthistory. (n.d.). Keith Haring, Subway Drawings. Retrieved from https://smarthistory.org/keith-haring-subway-drawings/

PBS. (n.d.). American Masters: Keith Haring Biography. Retrieved from https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/keith-haring-biography/16012/

Wikipedia contributors. (n.d.). Pop Shop. Wikipedia. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Shop

Wikipedia contributors. (n.d.). Crack Is Wack. Wikipedia. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_Is_Wack