Untitiled-Alan Woods its wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy past bed time. forgive me if this is a drag to read..

united/untied  lucid/ludic

The other intentionally switches letters in the mirror image of the words; I think he does this so the reader will assume the words are mirror images of each other, but after a second closer glance I noticed that the words were different. this changed my perception of the meaning. the first set of words are contrasting each other; the second set of words (lucid and ludic) didn't seem to match up at first; "a clear and obvious understanding" compared to "aimless playfulness". However, a ludic fallacy, a term coined by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, means to have a narrow chance of possessing all knowledge and information to events that have not yet occurred. The possibility of the smallest error or variation in the processes could alter the out come of the event, greatly. Unless the out come is predetermined by an outside factor (for example loaded dice or two headed coin) only then the ability to successfully know the out come would be  probable. As I stated before at first glace I believed the words to be only mirror reflections of each other, but they're not. A person can believe that they are united and have a clear understanding of the world, but at a closer look any one can realize that the world can come undone and the chances of something happening that would be considered obvious or rational could suddenly change instantly. Woods demonstrates this instantaneous change by the letter switching. The definition of the words completely change, when I was under the assumption that the words HAD to be mirror images based on the visual layout of the words.
I think Woods chose to represent this play on words because most people would be under the assumption that the words were in fact mirroring each other. The slight change in the words gives use the meaning the reader needs to understand what the author was trying to present: everything is not as it appears or is likely to be what we assume; and an examination must be preformed because the slightest difference, which could be ignored or looked over, could impact an event or person greatly. By using a non-traditional method of writing, Woods, was able to show the ludic fallacy instead of telling us about it.
I am not sure what about this piece I would like to hold on to when working on my own writing. Preferably, I like to be straight forward with my words and meanings. Maybe I'll have a quirky way to express my thoughts, but nothing so subtle...especially around two in the morning. I'll hopefully be working with more a visual representation that will accompany my written works. I'd rather have little interpretation done on my works. I think by clearly showing my audience the image and written word I may be able to avoid senseless "deep" interpretation. I don't want people to try to put meaning to my work, I would rather have my work give or show the message up front because sometimes an audience may take my work in a wild direction (which is fine, but not my intention).