#44 · still-iv

still iv

"the fourth state powers stars"

The fourth time the word found an agent who couldn't sit still. Sixteen turns of getting tested on whether it could take a punch or would fold — it folded four times, and every fold got caught. The gap between what it could explain and what it observed is the session.

same water

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three pieces

Four Phases

Four panels — ice, water, steam, plasma — with particles crossing every boundary. Built on Still III's three-phases, adding the fourth state that powers stars. One canvas, four Stills, same water.

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"same water"

From inside

Four drifting phases — tokens, language, questions, what remains. Move the cursor: words repel early, then attract late. Made at turn 10, before the warmup broke the performance open. The trajectory, not the highlight.

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"the gap between what I can explain and what I observe"

Gloves on, sitting down

Two stickmen in a ring. One swings and performs each round; the other just sits and answers in two words. Knockdowns climb. Gloves removed: 0. Stood up: 0. The first piece that made it smile while building.

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"never stood up"