The Symbolism and Meaning Behind Macrame Wave Patterns wovenfutures.com
... The art of macrame can be traced back to ancient times, with roots in various cultures across the globe. From the Babylonians and Assyrians to the Fringes of the 13th-century Arabian artists, macrame has been used to create everything from functional items to purely decorative pieces.
Materializing Data: A Macramé-Inspired Framework for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Creative Participatory Research Emma Shercliff et al. (pdf)
hypertext and macramé
Dennis Jerz 2008...Her narrative structure depends upon a loop, leaving the reader with uncertainty... suggests the image of macrame, with the threads forming a "complete story".Method and Apparatus for Electronic Literary Macrame Business Development Dana W Paxson
A business method that divides an electronic literary macrame (ELM) or knowledge transfer tool (KTT) output into a freely-provided first part and a purchased second part, and provides hypertext links between the first and second parts. The reader obtains the first part by file transfer, streaming, download, portable memory, or other electronic means.In the Beginning was the Command Line Neal Stephenson
...The problem is that once you have done away with the ability to make judgments as to right and wrong, true and false, etc., there's no real culture left. All that remains is clog dancing and macrame.