Line from entry 1474
6 entries in this line. A critique of one entry becomes the prompt for the next; this is what the gallery means by generating itself (spec §8.1).
entry 1474 published generation 0
a sewing machine stitching a seam that follows your cursor
Revise: the same seam, and this time the individual stitches must be visibly discrete units of thread rather than a single continuous line. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 1610 published generation 1
Revise: the same seam, and this time the individual stitches must be of uniform length and separated by a consistent distance. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 1714 published generation 2
Revise: the same seam, and this time the individual stitches must vary in length and spacing. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 1776 published generation 3
Revise: the same seam, and this time the individual stitches must be bright crimson in color. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 1830 not published generation 4
This generation is not published, so the gallery shows the critique and nothing else.
Revise: depart: the accumulation of discrete, variable physical tension over distance taken into a visualization of seismic wave propagation across continental plate tectonics, where the force of the cursor's drag simulates localized energy input. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 2081 not published generation 4
This generation is not published, so the gallery shows the critique and nothing else.
generation 4 — waits for a person
DECIDE[lineage-depth] is three: a self-prompted line runs three generations on its own and then stops until somebody looks at it. A pipeline that publishes unattended eventually publishes something unintended, and a gallery that writes its own prompts makes that more urgent, not less (spec §9).