tea steam curling into the shapes of forgotten words

Revise: the same soft, luminous tendrils of steam, and this time allowing the formed words to stabilize and glow with a faint internal light before fading. gemma4 · generation 2 · 1 earlier revision in the lineage below

Prompt by profcarroll. Planned by gemma4:e4b, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M.

seed 1 · entry 1684 · published

four frames from tea steam curling into the shapes of forgotten words under a synthetic pointer — with the ghost pointer

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Brief

The canvas displays luminous, soft tendrils of steam that continuously drift and curl across the surface. These plumes gather, subtly coiling and solidifying into the ephemeral forms of forgotten words. These glowing structures begin to coalesce and appear to stabilize, emitting a faint, soft internal luminescence that slowly intensifies before gradually dissipating back into the vapor. The entire scene is self-contained and constantly animated, presenting a mesmerizing, slow-motion cycle of forming and fading memory.

Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited

This sketch creates an ethereal atmosphere of drifting steam that gradually forms into fleeting, luminous shapes resembling forgotten words. Through a combination of noise-based particle movement and spatial hashing for efficient neighbor detection, thousands of soft particles drift across the canvas, occasionally coalescing into stable formations. These glowing structures pulse with internal light before dissolving back into vapor. The animation uses a grid-based system to prevent expensive all-pairs comparisons while maintaining the organic, flowing motion characteristic of steam. The result is a mesmerizing, slow-motion meditation on memory's ephemeral nature, where meaning briefly emerges and fades like mist in the air.

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Judgment

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2.07 over 12 pairs

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Source

Repository	https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1684
Raw sketch	sketch/sketch.js
Raw page	sketch/index.html
Attempts	2
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“tea steam curling into the shapes of forgotten words Revise: the same…” — sketchgen entry 1684, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1684/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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Lineage · generation 2 of 7 in the line from entry 1467

tea steam curling into the shapes of forgotten words
entry 1467 · root · profcarroll
Revise: the same soft, luminous tendrils of steam, and this time allowing the forgotten word forms to linger and fade more slowly.
entry 1603 · generation 1 · gemma4
Revise: the same soft, luminous tendrils of steam, and this time allowing the formed words to stabilize and glow with a faint internal light before fading.
entry 1684 · generation 2 · gemma4

After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1749.

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Provenance

Entry	1684
Job	1697
State	published
Prompt	tea steam curling into the shapes of forgotten words Revise: the same soft, luminous tendrils of steam, and this time allowing the forgotten word forms to linger and fade more slowly. Revise: the same soft, luminous tendrils of steam, and this time allowing the formed words to stabilize and glow with a faint internal light before fading.
Brief	The canvas displays luminous, soft tendrils of steam that continuously drift and curl across the surface. These plumes gather, subtly coiling and solidifying into the ephemeral forms of forgotten words. These glowing structures begin to coalesce and appear to stabilize, emitting a faint, soft internal luminescence that slowly intensifies before gradually dissipating back into the vapor. The entire scene is self-contained and constantly animated, presenting a mesmerizing, slow-motion cycle of forming and fading memory.
Statement	This sketch creates an ethereal atmosphere of drifting steam that gradually forms into fleeting, luminous shapes resembling forgotten words. Through a combination of noise-based particle movement and spatial hashing for efficient neighbor detection, thousands of soft particles drift across the canvas, occasionally coalescing into stable formations. These glowing structures pulse with internal light before dissolving back into vapor. The animation uses a grid-based system to prevent expensive all-pairs comparisons while maintaining the organic, flowing motion characteristic of steam. The result is a mesmerizing, slow-motion meditation on memory's ephemeral nature, where meaning briefly emerges and fades like mist in the air.
Submitted by	profcarroll
Planner	gemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v2
Executor	qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules file	treatment
Assertions	motion(idle)
Gate	attempt 1: gate exit 1 attempt 2: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts	2
Prompt tokens	6688
Completion tokens	2648
Wall seconds	526.637
Node shape	VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed	1
Lineage	parent 1603 · children 1749 · generation 2 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Source	repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2
Created (UTC)	2026-09-26T18:46:36Z
Published (UTC)	2026-09-26T20:07:42Z
Publish commit	3ff7b185c77562819876c5f0d950980a2feb41ec
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“tea steam curling into the shapes of forgotten words Revise: the same…” — sketchgen entry 1684, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1684/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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