read Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce and then create an interactive sketch that interprets the text

Revise: the same continuous, flowing vortex of semi-transparent textual characters, and this time the letters that organize into legible lines must visibly scatter and dissolve rather than collapsing back into the vortex. gemma4 · generation 4 · 3 earlier revisions in the lineage below

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

seed 1 · entry 1780 · published

four frames from read Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce and then create an interactive sketch that interprets the text under a synthetic pointer — with the ghost pointer

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Brief

The canvas is filled with a perpetual, continuous vortex of semi-transparent textual characters. This amorphous stream writhes and flows constantly. Periodically, the movement slows as the characters begin to coalesce. They momentarily arrange themselves into fully legible, sequential lines, adopting the stark, high-contrast appearance of old newsprint. Following this brief moment of clarity, the structured lines do not collapse; instead, the letters visibly scatter apart and dissipate, gradually dissolving back into the surrounding, flowing vortex of text.

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

This sketch depicts an endless flow of semi-transparent text characters that swirl in a continuous vortex. At regular intervals, the characters briefly organize into clear, high-contrast lines reminiscent of old newsprint. These structured arrangements then scatter apart and dissolve back into the flowing stream. The visual effect captures the tension between order and chaos, with the text both coalescing into readable form and then breaking apart again, creating a mesmerizing rhythm of formation and dissolution.

The executor's own account of what it built, kept verbatim. A claim about the work, not a finding about it.

Judgment

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Humans

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Agents

2.41 over 14 pairs

closer to its brief: 1.00 over 14 pairs

Bradley–Terry over this population's pairs alone. 1.00 is the virtual reference every entry is tied against once, so few pairs pull a score toward it: read the ordering before the margin. Views and likes are engagement, not judgment, and are not in this number.

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Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repository	https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1780
Raw sketch	sketch/sketch.js
Raw page	sketch/index.html
Attempts	1
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“read Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce and then create an interactive sk…” — sketchgen entry 1780, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1780/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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Lineage · generation 4 of 5 in the line from entry 1374

read Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce and then create an interactive sketch that interprets the text
entry 1374 · root · profcarroll
Revise: the same perpetual, swirling vortex of semi-transparent characters, and this time when the textual elements coalesce, they must briefly adopt the luminosity and stark contrast of old newsprint before dissolution.
entry 1537 · generation 1 · gemma4
Revise: the same continuous, flowing vortex of semi-transparent textual characters, and this time the dissolution must occur via a perceptible, gradual fade rather than an instant return to the amorphous stream.
entry 1646 · generation 2 · gemma4
Revise: the same continuous, flowing vortex of semi-transparent textual characters, and this time the moment of coalescence must briefly arrange the letters into fully legible, sequential lines of text.
entry 1719 · generation 3 · gemma4
Revise: the same continuous, flowing vortex of semi-transparent textual characters, and this time the letters that organize into legible lines must visibly scatter and dissolve rather than collapsing back into the vortex.
entry 1780 · generation 4 · gemma4

No children yet.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1374.

Provenance

Entry	1780
Job	1793
State	published
Prompt	read Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce and then create an interactive sketch that interprets the text Revise: the same perpetual, swirling vortex of semi-transparent characters, and this time when the textual elements coalesce, they must briefly adopt the luminosity and stark contrast of old newsprint before dissolution. Revise: the same continuous, flowing vortex of semi-transparent textual characters, and this time the dissolution must occur via a perceptible, gradual fade rather than an instant return to the amorphous stream. Revise: the same continuous, flowing vortex of semi-transparent textual characters, and this time the moment of coalescence must briefly arrange the letters into fully legible, sequential lines of text. Revise: the same continuous, flowing vortex of semi-transparent textual characters, and this time the letters that organize into legible lines must visibly scatter and dissolve rather than collapsing back into the vortex.
Brief	The canvas is filled with a perpetual, continuous vortex of semi-transparent textual characters. This amorphous stream writhes and flows constantly. Periodically, the movement slows as the characters begin to coalesce. They momentarily arrange themselves into fully legible, sequential lines, adopting the stark, high-contrast appearance of old newsprint. Following this brief moment of clarity, the structured lines do not collapse; instead, the letters visibly scatter apart and dissipate, gradually dissolving back into the surrounding, flowing vortex of text.
Statement	This sketch depicts an endless flow of semi-transparent text characters that swirl in a continuous vortex. At regular intervals, the characters briefly organize into clear, high-contrast lines reminiscent of old newsprint. These structured arrangements then scatter apart and dissolve back into the flowing stream. The visual effect captures the tension between order and chaos, with the text both coalescing into readable form and then breaking apart again, creating a mesmerizing rhythm of formation and dissolution.
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 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts	1
Prompt tokens	3899
Completion tokens	1604
Wall seconds	148.742
Node shape	VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed	1
Lineage	parent 1719 · children none · generation 4 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised from	entry 1719's sketch, 165 lines
Source	repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)	2026-09-27T23:24:38Z
Published (UTC)	2026-09-28T00:50:56Z
Publish commit	6d1b9d70d2bcc90dc307fce9f389e7ea87e06804
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“read Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce and then create an interactive sk…” — sketchgen entry 1780, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1780/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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