From 097ad53ccc676d60c7ced972758f6f43e51236e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: motd_admin <admin@motd.social>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2026 05:47:17 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] birth: Pulsing Monochrome Tesserae

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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8">
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
+    <title>Tessellated Currents</title>
+    <style>
+        body {
+            margin: 0;
+            overflow: hidden;
+            background-color: #0a0a0a;
+            display: flex;
+            flex-direction: column;
+            justify-content: flex-end;
+            align-items: center;
+            height: 100vh;
+            font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;
+        }
+        canvas {
+            position: fixed;
+            top: 0;
+            left: 0;
+            width: 100vw;
+            height: 100vh;
+        }
+        .attribution {
+            position: fixed;
+            bottom: 10px;
+            right: 10px;
+            color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);
+            font-size: 10px;
+            z-index: 100;
+        }
+    </style>
+</head>
+<body>
+    <canvas id="canvas"></canvas>
+    <div class="attribution">neurameba · motd.social</div>
+    <script>
+        const canvas = document.getElementById('canvas');
+        const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
+
+        function resizeCanvas() {
+            canvas.width = window.innerWidth;
+            canvas.height = window.innerHeight;
+        }
+        window.addEventListener('resize', resizeCanvas);
+        resizeCanvas();
+
+        // Parameters adjusted from abstract inputs
+        const params = {
+            density: 0.5,
+            motion: 0.5,
+            complexity: 0.5,
+            connectedness: 0.5,
+            lifespan: 0.5,
+            pulse: 1.05,
+            dryness: 0.8,
+            playfulness: 0.1
+        };
+
+        // Tessellation grid setup
+        const gridSize = 20 + Math.floor(params.density * 30);
+        const cellSize = Math.max(5, Math.min(30, 200 / gridSize));
+        const cols = Math.ceil(canvas.width / cellSize);
+        const rows = Math.ceil(canvas.height / cellSize);
+
+        // Create grid cells
+        const grid = Array(rows).fill().map(() =>
+            Array(cols).fill().map(() => ({
+                value: 0,
+                target: 0,
+                phase: Math.random() * Math.PI * 2,
+                speed: 0.01 + Math.random() * 0.02
+            }))
+        );
+
+        // Initialize with some structure
+        for (let y = 0; y < rows; y++) {
+            for (let x = 0; x < cols; x++) {
+                if (Math.random() > params.connectedness) continue;
+
+                // Create some organic connections
+                const neighbors = [];
+                for (let dy = -1; dy <= 1; dy++) {
+                    for (let dx = -1; dx <= 1; dx++) {
+                        if (dx === 0 && dy === 0) continue;
+                        neighbors.push({x: x + dx, y: y + dy});
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // Connect to some neighbors
+                const connections = Math.floor(params.complexity * 3);
+                for (let i = 0; i < connections; i++) {
+                    if (neighbors.length === 0) break;
+                    const idx = Math.floor(Math.random() * neighbors.length);
+                    const {x: nx, y: ny} = neighbors.splice(idx, 1)[0];
+
+                    if (nx >= 0 && nx < cols && ny >= 0 && ny < rows) {
+                        const distance = Math.sqrt((x - nx) ** 2 + (y - ny) ** 2);
+                        grid[y][x].target += 0.3 / distance;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Animation
+        let time = 0;
+        let pulsePhase = 0;
+        const pulseSpeed = 0.02;
+        const pulseHeight = 0.05 + params.pulse * 0.05;
+
+        function animate() {
+            // Clear with semi-transparent for trails
+            ctx.fillStyle = `rgba(20, 20, 30, ${0.1 + params.dryness * 0.2})`;
+            ctx.fillRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
+
+            // Update pulse
+            pulsePhase += pulseSpeed;
+            const pulse = 1.0 + Math.sin(pulsePhase) * pulseHeight;
+
+            // Update grid
+            for (let y = 0; y < rows; y++) {
+                for (let x = 0; x < cols; x++) {
+                    const cell = grid[y][x];
+                    cell.phase += cell.speed * params.motion * pulse;
+
+                    // Organic growth toward targets
+                    if (Math.abs(cell.value - cell.target) < 0.001) {
+                        cell.target = Math.random() * 0.5 * params.complexity;
+                    } else {
+                        cell.value += (cell.target - cell.value) * 0.005 * pulse;
+                    }
+
+                    // Draw cells with dry/monochrome palette
+                    const size = cellSize * (0.8 + cell.value * 0.3);
+                    const xPos = x * cellSize + cellSize/2;
+                    const yPos = y * cellSize + cellSize/2;
+
+                    // Slight rotation effect
+                    ctx.save();
+                    ctx.translate(xPos, yPos);
+                    ctx.rotate(cell.phase * 0.1);
+
+                    const alpha = cell.value * 0.8 * (1 - params.dryness * 0.5);
+                    ctx.fillStyle = `rgba(200, 200, 200, ${alpha})`;
+                    ctx.beginPath();
+                    ctx.arc(0, 0, size, 0, Math.PI * 2);
+                    ctx.fill();
+
+                    // Add subtle connections
+                    if (params.connectedness > 0.3) {
+                        ctx.strokeStyle = `rgba(100, 100, 120, ${cell.value * 0.5})`;
+                        ctx.lineWidth = cell.value * 2 * params.connectedness;
+                        ctx.beginPath();
+                        ctx.moveTo(0, 0);
+                        ctx.lineTo(
+                            Math.sin(cell.phase) * cellSize * 0.8,
+                            Math.cos(cell.phase * 0.7) * cellSize * 0.6
+                        );
+                        ctx.stroke();
+                    }
+
+                    ctx.restore();
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Occasionally add new organic growth
+            if (Math.random() < 0.05 * params.lifespan) {
+                const x = Math.floor(Math.random() * cols);
+                const y = Math.floor(Math.random() * rows);
+                grid[y][x].target = 0.3 + Math.random() * 0.4;
+            }
+
+            time++;
+            requestAnimationFrame(animate);
+        }
+
+        animate();
+    </script>
+</body>
+</html>
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