diff --git a/app/assets/shaders/blur-two-pass/base.vert b/app/assets/shaders/blur-two-pass/base.vert
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b516156
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/shaders/blur-two-pass/base.vert
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// our vertex data
+attribute vec3 aPosition;
+attribute vec2 aTexCoord;
+
+// lets get texcoords just for fun! 
+varying vec2 vTexCoord;
+
+void main() {
+  // copy the texcoords
+  vTexCoord = aTexCoord;
+
+  // copy the position data into a vec4, using 1.0 as the w component
+  vec4 positionVec4 = vec4(aPosition, 1.0);
+  positionVec4.xy = positionVec4.xy * 2.0 - 1.0;
+
+  // send the vertex information on to the fragment shader
+  gl_Position = positionVec4;
+}
diff --git a/app/assets/shaders/blur-two-pass/blur.frag b/app/assets/shaders/blur-two-pass/blur.frag
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3074551
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/shaders/blur-two-pass/blur.frag
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+precision mediump float;
+
+// texcoords from the vertex shader
+varying vec2 vTexCoord;
+
+// our texture coming from p5
+uniform sampler2D tex0;
+
+// the size of a texel or 1.0 / width , 1.0 / height
+uniform vec2 texelSize;
+
+// which way to blur, vec2(1.0, 0.0) is horizontal, vec2(0.0, 1.0) is vertical
+uniform vec2 direction;
+
+// gaussian blur filter modified from Filip S. at intel
+// https://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2014/07/15/an-investigation-of-fast-real-time-gpu-based-image-blur-algorithms
+// this function takes three parameters, the texture we want to blur, the uvs, and the texelSize
+vec3 gaussianBlur( sampler2D t, vec2 texUV, vec2 stepSize ){
+	// a variable for our output
+	vec3 colOut = vec3( 0.0 );
+
+	// stepCount is 9 because we have 9 items in our array , const means that 9 will never change and is required loops in glsl
+	const int stepCount = 9;
+
+	// these weights were pulled from the link above
+	float gWeights[stepCount];
+	    gWeights[0] = 0.10855;
+	    gWeights[1] = 0.13135;
+	    gWeights[2] = 0.10406;
+	    gWeights[3] = 0.07216;
+	    gWeights[4] = 0.04380;
+	    gWeights[5] = 0.02328;
+	    gWeights[6] = 0.01083;
+	    gWeights[7] = 0.00441;
+	    gWeights[8] = 0.00157;
+
+	// these offsets were also pulled from the link above
+	float gOffsets[stepCount];
+	    gOffsets[0] = 0.66293;
+	    gOffsets[1] = 2.47904;
+	    gOffsets[2] = 4.46232;
+	    gOffsets[3] = 6.44568;
+	    gOffsets[4] = 8.42917;
+	    gOffsets[5] = 10.41281;
+	    gOffsets[6] = 12.39664;
+	    gOffsets[7] = 14.38070;
+	    gOffsets[8] = 16.36501;
+	
+	// lets loop nine times
+	for( int i = 0; i < stepCount; i++ ){
+
+		// multiply the texel size by the by the offset value
+	    vec2 texCoordOffset = gOffsets[i] * stepSize;
+
+		// sample to the left and to the right of the texture and add them together
+	    vec3 col = texture2D( t, texUV + texCoordOffset ).xyz + texture2D( t, texUV - texCoordOffset ).xyz;
+
+		// multiply col by the gaussian weight value from the array
+		col *= gWeights[i];
+
+		// add it all up
+	    colOut +=  col;
+	}
+
+	// our final value is returned as col out
+	return colOut;
+}
+
+
+void main() {
+
+  vec2 uv = vTexCoord;
+  // the texture is loaded upside down and backwards by default so lets flip it
+  uv = 1.0 - uv;
+
+  // use our blur function
+  vec3 blur = gaussianBlur(tex0, uv, texelSize * direction);
+
+  gl_FragColor = vec4(blur, 1.0);
+}
diff --git a/app/sketch.js b/app/sketch.js
index 884e13f..143560f 100644
--- a/app/sketch.js
+++ b/app/sketch.js
@@ -1,53 +1,137 @@
 new p5(sketch => {
-  let width = document.documentElement.scrollWidth;
-  let height = document.documentElement.scrollHeight;
-  let maxD = Math.min(width, height) / 2;
+  // reused dimensions and a seed
+  let seed, width, height, maxD, goalInstances;
 
-  let buffer = sketch.createGraphics(maxD, maxD);
+  // offscreen layers
+  let buffer, pass1, pass2;
 
-  function generate() {
-    sketch.blendMode(sketch.REPLACE);
-    sketch.background('#000');
-    sketch.blendMode(sketch.ADD);
-    for (let i = 0; i < 60; i++) {
-      buffer.background('#000');
-      let d = maxD * sketch.random(0.2, 1);
-      let c = sketch.color(sketch.random(100), 100, 100, 80)
-      buffer.fill(c);
-      buffer.circle(maxD / 2, maxD / 2, d);
-      buffer.fill('#000');
-      buffer.circle(sketch.random(maxD), sketch.random(maxD), sketch.random(0.2, 0.8) * d);
-      while (sketch.random() > 0.1) {
-        let a1 = sketch.random(2 * Math.PI);
-        let a2 = sketch.random(2 * Math.PI);
-        buffer.stroke(0);
-        buffer.strokeWeight(sketch.random(1, maxD * 0.1));
-        buffer.line(maxD * (Math.sin(a1) + 0.5), maxD * (Math.cos(a1) + 0.5),
-          maxD * (Math.sin(a2) + 0.5), maxD * (Math.cos(a2) + 0.5));
-      }
-      let w = sketch.random(-d, width + d);
-      let h = sketch.random(-d, height + d);
-      sketch.image(buffer, w, h);
-    }
-  }
+  // shaders
+  let blurH, blurV;
 
   sketch.preload = () => {
-    /* load images, music, etc */
-  }
-
-  sketch.keyPressed = () => {
-    generate();
+    // shaders, we will use the same vertex shader and frag shaders for both passes
+    blurH = sketch.loadShader('shaders/blur-two-pass/base.vert', 'shaders/blur-two-pass/blur.frag');
+    blurV = sketch.loadShader('shaders/blur-two-pass/base.vert', 'shaders/blur-two-pass/blur.frag');
   }
 
   sketch.setup = () => {
-    sketch.createCanvas(width, height);
+    goalInstances = 100;
+
+    seed = window.location.hash.substr(1);
+    sketch.noStroke();
     sketch.colorMode(sketch.HSB, 100);
+
+    width = document.documentElement.scrollWidth;
+    height = document.documentElement.scrollHeight;
+    maxD = (width + height) * 1.75 / Math.sqrt(goalInstances);
+
+    sketch.createCanvas(width, height);
+
+    buffer = sketch.createGraphics(maxD, maxD);
+    pass1 = sketch.createGraphics(maxD, maxD, sketch.WEBGL);
+    pass2 = sketch.createGraphics(maxD, maxD, sketch.WEBGL);
+
     buffer.noStroke();
-    buffer.blendMode(sketch.BLEND);
+    pass1.noStroke();
+    pass2.noStroke();
 
     generate();
   }
 
   sketch.draw = () => {
   }
+
+  sketch.keyPressed = () => {
+    if (sketch.key == ' ') {
+      seed = null;
+      generate();
+    }
+  }
+
+  function generate() {
+    if (seed) {
+      sketch.randomSeed(seed);
+    } else {
+      let seed = Math.floor(sketch.random(1000000000000));
+      window.location.hash = seed;
+      sketch.randomSeed(seed);
+    }
+
+    sketch.noiseSeed(sketch.random());
+    sketch.blendMode(sketch.BLEND);
+    sketch.background('#000');
+    sketch.blendMode(sketch.ADD);
+    let resolution = 2;
+
+    let sqpxEach = width * height / goalInstances; // square pixels per circle, helps with gridding
+    let unit = Math.sqrt(sqpxEach);
+    let rows = Math.max(1, Math.round(height / unit)) + 1;
+    let cols = Math.max(1, Math.round(width / unit)) + 1;
+    let noiseOffset = sketch.random(0, 1000);
+    for (let i = 0; i < rows * cols; i++) {
+      // calculate row and col from i
+      let col = i % cols;
+      let row = Math.floor(i / cols);
+
+      buffer.noStroke();
+      buffer.background('#000');
+
+      // perlin noise "intensity"
+      let intensity = sketch.noise(
+        noiseOffset + row / rows * resolution,
+        noiseOffset + col / cols * resolution
+      );
+      let d = maxD * intensity; // diameter
+      let c = sketch.color(100 * sketch.random(), 100, intensity * 90 + 10, intensity * 70 + 10); // color
+      buffer.fill(c);
+      buffer.circle(maxD / 2, maxD / 2, d); // always at the center of the buffer
+
+      // giant, lo-fi blur
+      pass1.shader(blurH);
+      blurH.setUniform('tex0', buffer);
+      blurH.setUniform('texelSize', [8.0/maxD, 8.0/maxD]);
+      blurH.setUniform('direction', [1.0, 0.0]);
+      pass1.rect(0,0,maxD, maxD);
+      pass2.shader(blurV);
+      blurV.setUniform('tex0', pass1);
+      blurV.setUniform('texelSize', [8.0/maxD, 8.0/maxD]);
+      blurV.setUniform('direction', [0.0, 1.0]);
+      pass2.rect(0,0,maxD, maxD);
+
+      // regular blur to hide artifacts
+      pass1.shader(blurH);
+      blurH.setUniform('tex0', pass2);
+      blurH.setUniform('texelSize', [1.0/maxD, 1.0/maxD]);
+      blurH.setUniform('direction', [1.0, 0.0]);
+      pass1.rect(0,0,maxD, maxD);
+      pass2.shader(blurV);
+      blurV.setUniform('tex0', pass1);
+      blurV.setUniform('texelSize', [1.0/maxD, 1.0/maxD]);
+      blurV.setUniform('direction', [0.0, 1.0]);
+      pass2.rect(0,0,maxD, maxD);
+
+      buffer.image(pass2, 0, 0, maxD, maxD);
+
+      buffer.fill('#000');
+      let cutoutAngle = sketch.random(2 * Math.PI);
+      buffer.circle(d * Math.cos(cutoutAngle), d * Math.sin(cutoutAngle), sketch.random(0.3, 0.5) * d);
+      do {
+        let a1 = sketch.random(2 * Math.PI);
+        let a2 = sketch.random(2 * Math.PI);
+        buffer.stroke(0);
+        buffer.strokeWeight(1 + d * Math.pow(sketch.random(0.7368), 3));// as much as 0.4*d
+        buffer.line(
+          maxD * (Math.sin(a1) + 0.5), maxD * (Math.cos(a1) + 0.5),
+          maxD * (Math.sin(a2) + 0.5), maxD * (Math.cos(a2) + 0.5)
+        );
+      } while (sketch.random() < 0.5 + 0.45 * intensity);
+
+      let displacementAngle = sketch.random(0, Math.PI * 2);
+      let displacementAmount = sketch.random(unit);
+      let w = width / (cols - 1) * col + displacementAmount * Math.cos(displacementAngle);
+      let h = height / (rows - 1) * row + displacementAmount * Math.sin(displacementAngle);
+
+      sketch.image(buffer, w - maxD / 2, h - maxD / 2);
+    }
+  }
 });