Trying to immitate in python this: https://twitter.com/lorenschmidt/status/1091794209554792448

flower_generator.py

import numpy as np

side = '\({[<'
other_side = '/)}]>'
centered = '"*:|oOwWvVXx!^+=-08TYUuMA'
transformer = dict(list(zip(side, other_side)) + list(zip(other_side, side)) + list(zip(centered, centered)))
total = list(side + other_side + centered)

def row(centered_flower, size):
    result = ''
    if centered_flower:
        result += np.random.choice(list(centered), 1)[0]
    result += ''.join(np.random.choice(total, np.random.poisson(size)))
    return result

def half_flower(centered_flower, flower_height):
    flower = []
    for i in range(flower_height):
        if i == 0:
            flower.append(row(centered_flower, 1))
        else:
            previous_row_len = len(flower[i-1])
            flower.append(row(centered_flower, previous_row_len + 0.1))
    return flower[::-1]

def reverse_row(centered_flower, flower_row):
    result = flower_row[::][1:] if centered_flower else flower_row[::]
    return ''.join([transformer[c] for c in result])[::-1]

def margin(flower_no_margin):
    lengths = [int((len(r) - centered_flower)/2) for r in flower_no_margin]
    max_len = max(lengths)
    return [' ' * (max_len - l) + r + ' ' * (max_len - l) for l, r in zip(lengths, flower_no_margin)]    

def gen_flower():
    half = half_flower(1, 7)
    return margin([a + b for a,b in zip([reverse_row(centered_flower, r) for r in half], half)])

def main():
    for i in range(4):
        for r in zip(*[gen_flower() for i in range(4)]):
            print('  '.join(r))
        print('\n')  
  
if __name__ == '__main__':
  main()