Line from entry 1484
5 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 1484 published generation 0
a sand mandala that a gust of wind blows apart grain by grain
Revise: the same detailed and symmetrical mandala, and this time the structure rapidly unravels from a single point, creating a sharp, asymmetrical fracture. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 1619 published generation 1
Revise: the same intricate sand mandala structure, and this time the failing grains accumulate in a single, towering central pillar. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 1669 published generation 2
Revise: the same intricate sand mandala structure, and this time the detached grains are pushed outward, accumulating into radiating, incomplete concentric rings. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 1739 rejected · operator generation 3
Revise: carry: The irresistible pull toward form given to a network of bioluminescent deep-sea bacteria, forming crystalline geometries across poured concrete. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 2070 not published generation 3
This generation is not published, so the gallery shows the critique and nothing else.
generation 3 — 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).