image via Math Games With Bad Drawings by Ben Orlin (page 139)
This art prompt comes via the wonderful book by Ben Orlin: Math Games With Bad Drawings
Starlitaire is a single person “game” that creates geometric art. The way to play Starlitaire, according to Orlin:
- Make a circle of dots (with as many dots as you want)
- Make up a rule for how to connect the dots (such as skip one, or skip three, etc)
- Connect the dots with the rule that you invented
- Patterns will emerge (and if you use different colored pens for each move to connect the dots, it will be even more beautiful
- Make more complex rules for different patterns (such as skip 1 then skip 3, etc.)
“Just be sure not to lose yourself among the stars.” — Ben Orlin
That’s it. That’s how you play Starlitaire. Share out your designs when you are done. Maybe try more than one to see how the patterns shift and change.
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