diff --git a/assets/reference/art-direction/README.md b/assets/reference/art-direction/README.md index b89c9149..015500de 100644 --- a/assets/reference/art-direction/README.md +++ b/assets/reference/art-direction/README.md @@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ Do not treat those as equal to the locked target. They are supporting references studies Cameron selected on 2026-07-10 after rejecting the first smooth-hose capture. The owning spec assigns them different jobs: folded tensile whole-route silhouette, then high-tension skin with marbled internal flow. - Their warm metallic hues and permanent-looking holes are not automatically - binding; `wiki/interface/thought-fluid.md` owns those limits. + Their warm metallic hues are not palette permission; the holes bind only as + transient extreme-strain windows that surface tension seals. The owning + limits live in `wiki/interface/thought-fluid.md`. ## Self-containment rule diff --git a/wiki/interface/thought-fluid.md b/wiki/interface/thought-fluid.md index 0a09f14e..7e0d890f 100644 --- a/wiki/interface/thought-fluid.md +++ b/wiki/interface/thought-fluid.md @@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ Status note: authored 2026-07-10 on dispatch as the render design for constant-radius white extrusion as a bodily-fluid read and selected the two repository references named under Material: the long folded flow owns whole-route silhouette; the cellular macro owns surface - tension and visible internal circulation. Remaining before IMPLEMENTED: + tension and visible internal circulation. Same-day follow-up decided + the macro's negative spaces as transient strain windows: they open + only while the body is pulled hard and surface tension seals them. + Remaining before IMPLEMENTED: criterion 6's grayscale-audit and full state lineup, far-zoom dashed-drift compression, a tester lineup for the vessel/snap forms, and tap drain @@ -288,10 +291,15 @@ the visible internal bands can settle. The current smooth white extrusion is an explicit anti-target: featureless, evenly cylindrical, toothpaste-like, or bodily-fluid reads fail even if their quantity is technically correct. -The macro reference's open negative spaces are **not yet decided topology**. -They may become transient pull-apart windows under extreme strain, or remain -only the visual effect of layered folds and internal marbling. Until Cameron -chooses, permanent perforation is not an implementation target. +**Negative spaces are transient strain windows (DECIDED 2026-07-10).** Under +extreme stretch, a thin place may pull apart into a rounded window like the +macro reference. The opening belongs to the deformation, not the substance: +it travels or closes as the pressure lobe passes, and strong surface tension +seals it when strain falls. Resting pools, ordinary slugs, and stored Thought +have no holes. Permanent perforation, foam, and a stable lattice are rejected; +they read as a solid sculpture rather than liquid. Opening or closing a window +never changes Thought amount, route, or arrival — it is recomputable +presentation of close-zoom strain. **Sleek-rule exemption, stated once:** the strip remains the chassis's only lit *element*; tokens are cargo standing on anchors, not chassis @@ -353,7 +361,9 @@ them. the terminal; at close zoom the higher rate also drives visible internal bands and pressure lobes through the cohesive body. Animation communicates rate only, geometry carries every amount in a paused frame, and the route - never collapses to a featureless constant-radius tube. + never collapses to a featureless constant-radius tube. Extreme close-zoom + strain may open a rounded window, which must travel/close with the pressure + deformation and seal when the rate falls; no hole persists at rest. 7. **Parity:** terminal and agent surfaces expose link flow, exact T queues with stranded marking, and sink fill/threshold/drain/fed readouts from the same sim contracts — an agent can reconstruct @@ -376,4 +386,4 @@ thickness mapping, wobble spring constants and settle time, overflow bead cap, meniscus step timing, tap sag easing, far-zoom dash density and terminal glyph tier thresholds, mercury roughness/emissive values, marbling scale/contrast/speed, pressure-lobe length, neck ratio, and -surface-tension recoil time. +surface-tension recoil time, strain-window threshold/size/lifetime. diff --git a/wiki/log/2026-07-10-thought-strain-windows.md b/wiki/log/2026-07-10-thought-strain-windows.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f568ec1b --- /dev/null +++ b/wiki/log/2026-07-10-thought-strain-windows.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +# 2026-07-10 — Thought strain windows + +``` +Type: log +``` + +## Intent + +Resolve the one material-topology call left by the selected Thought-fluid +macro reference. + +## Captured + +- Negative spaces are transient windows created only by extreme stretch. +- The opening travels or closes with the pressure deformation and seals as + surface tension wins. +- Resting pools, ordinary slugs, and stored Thought remain unbroken. +- Permanent perforation, foam, and stable lattice treatments are rejected. +- Window geometry is presentation only; it cannot alter sim-owned quantity, + routing, or arrival. + +## Defense + +Amends `wiki/interface/thought-fluid.md#material-ivory-mercury-against-chalk`: +the selected macro's openings now reinforce high surface tension without +turning the liquid into persistent solid topology or a second simulation. diff --git a/wiki/log/DEVLOG.md b/wiki/log/DEVLOG.md index a7ac76ef..b12ff3eb 100644 --- a/wiki/log/DEVLOG.md +++ b/wiki/log/DEVLOG.md @@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ add or amend a session log, then re-run the generator. - Intent: (see session log) - Log: [wiki/log/2026-07-10-thought-token-rename.md](2026-07-10-thought-token-rename.md) +## 2026-07-10 - Thought strain windows + +- Intent: Resolve the one material-topology call left by the selected Thought-fluid macro reference. +- Log: [wiki/log/2026-07-10-thought-strain-windows.md](2026-07-10-thought-strain-windows.md) + ## 2026-07-10 - Thought fluid render: the animation design - Intent: Cameron dispatched the thought fluid animation design — the wire-flow render layer decided 2026-07-10 (mercury slugs on links, meniscus fills at sinks, filament snap, pooling), driven entirely by FlowGraph rates/queues with no CFD. Deliverable: a spec-level design capture unde... diff --git a/wiki/log/decisions/2026-07-10.md b/wiki/log/decisions/2026-07-10.md index 1fcaa6e6..084fda59 100644 --- a/wiki/log/decisions/2026-07-10.md +++ b/wiki/log/decisions/2026-07-10.md @@ -327,3 +327,12 @@ Type: log spaces ever become transient pull-apart windows under extreme strain; they are not permission for permanent holes. Spec: wiki/interface/thought-fluid.md; references preserved under assets/reference/art-direction/. +- **2026-07-10 — Thought openings are transient strain windows.** Cameron + resolved the remaining topology call from the selected macro reference: + holes may open only while the cohesive body is under extreme stretch. A + rounded window travels or closes with the pressure deformation and strong + surface tension seals it when strain falls. Resting pools, ordinary slugs, + and stored Thought are never perforated. Rejected: permanent holes, foam, or + a stable lattice (solid sculpture rather than liquid). The window is + presentation only and cannot change amount, route, or arrival. Spec: + wiki/interface/thought-fluid.md material section and rate criterion.