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[Annabel_Lee]

Ah, a game! I played this recently and found some of our responses hilarious to construe.

Before we start the questions...
There are a series of 5 questions that require descriptions. Approach them sequentially; the order is important. You want to start with an empty visual mindscape and add the images one-by-one, as the questions come up, to your imaginary canvas. When responding, descriptions are ideal--the ones that describe interactions between different objects, qualities, dynamic attributes. We'll get more value from your answers that way.

And since we don't have the flexibility that conversation allows for, I'll try supplementing the questions with hints so your answers become fair to analyze.

The Game, The Questions:

1. Imagine a cube on your imaginary slate. Describe the cube.
(Colour, size, position relative to space, the angle of perception, opacity, texture are all good considerations to describe. And of course, other details are always welcome)

2. Now, add a ladder to the scene. Describe this ladder.
(Consider its position relative to the cube, length, colour, texture, durability, shape, or other aspects of appearance are all good traits to describe).

3. Add a horse to the picture. Where does the horse remain relative to everything else? How does it interact with the other things in the scene? Give us three traits of the horse (preferably not appearance-based, but character-based)
(Other notable details or descriptions of interactions would be great as well).

4. Add flowers to the scene. Where are the flowers? What form do they take?
(Descriptions of colour, dispersion, and position relative to other things in the scene are all good things to focus on).

5. Now there's a terrible storm that strikes your imaginary canvas. Describe how things seem after the storm.
(It's best to give descriptions of how each of the above change/don't change after the storm, as well a general picture of how things seem).

For those of you who have done this before, don't give it away to the others.
*It's all in the details and descriptions guys. The more you describe what you visualize, the easier it becomes to place it in context.

I'll hold back on the interpretations until enough of you have replied.
Have fun with your responses!
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[Fathergia]

1. My cube is a little cube close up and is white and opaque, it feels smooth with little indentions. It has a chip in the corner
2. The ladder is leaning aganist the left side of the board and it is made out of mahogany wood. It has two stripes down at the bottom of the legs
3. The horse is a beige colored horse. Its staying away from the ladder and has its back aganist the cube. It seems a bit standoffish and maybe even disconnected from the ladder and the cube, like it isn't really supposed to be their
4. Its a pink flower that looks kinda like a lilly. Its on top of the cube and is the size of a wildflower the stem and leaves are a dark green
5. After the storm the cube is rotated the ladder is on the ground broken into two pieces the flower is missing some leaves but other than that is fine. The horse is exactly where it was like it hadn't been affected at all.
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[Annabel_Lee]

Nice response Fathergia.
Some things you may want to consider in case you missed them:

Where is the cube positioned relative to the overall frame? (on the ground/ floating/ at an incline/ etc.). What is its size? (tiny/ small/ medium/ large/ tremendously large)

What is the size of the ladder, height-wise? Does it seem easy or difficult to climb?

Did you visualize many flowers or just one? Both are perfectly fine but if you say many, you may want to consider whether they're all the same or whether they look different.

How does the horse interact with the flower(s)?

EDIT: I just realized that you talked about the cube size already. Ignore that one then; consider the others.
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[Isra]

1. Imagine a cube on your imaginary slate. Describe the cube.
(Colour, size, position relative to space, the angle of perception, opacity, texture are all good considerations to describe. And of course, other details are always welcome)

My cube is the size of a Rubick's cube. (And also made up of smaller cubes, like the Rubick's.)It's sitting on a ledge, and each face is a different shade of purple.

2. Now, add a ladder to the scene. Describe this ladder.
(Consider its position relative to the cube, length, colour, texture, durability, shape, or other aspects of appearance are all good traits to describe).

The ladder is small, only as wide as the cube, and leads up to it. I suppose it's about two feet long, and made of a light colored wood. But it's sturdy for it's size.

3. Add a horse to the picture. Where does the horse remain relative to everything else? How does it interact with the other things in the scene? Give us three traits of the horse (preferably not appearance-based, but character-based)
(Other notable details or descriptions of interactions would be great as well).

The horse is at the bottom of the ladder, stamping its feet. It's small, but of a reasonable size in relation to the other objects... The horse is a light blonde color, and I guess I see it as a male. He is waiting for something, and will wait as long as it takes for whatever to happen, but is ready to go at any moment. Sort of patient and impatient at the same time. He is also proud.

4. Add flowers to the scene. Where are the flowers? What form do they take?
(Descriptions of colour, dispersion, and position relative to other things in the scene are all good things to focus on).

The flowers are growing in patches in the pasture around where the horse is standing... buttercups, little daisies, and some small blue flowers. Things that naturally grow amongst grass.

5. Now there's a terrible storm that strikes your imaginary canvas. Describe how things seem after the storm.
(It's best to give descriptions of how each of the above change/don't change after the storm, as well a general picture of how things seem).

Well, everything is wet... the flowers are bowed under the weight of the water, but otherwise alright. The hair of the horse is messy and wind-blown, and he is sitting on the ground, but is unharmed. The cube blew over to the left (the wind apparently blew right to left in my scene), so it is no longer in line with the ladder, but is still close and undamaged. The ladder has not moved at all, being slender and not catching the wind the way the cube did. So mostly, everything is just wet.

I hope that's detailed enough for you...
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[RadicalDreamer]

1. A cube that is silver but reflects the colors of the rainbow. It is larger than the known universe, piercing the outer edges of it.

2. The ladder is nano wood, metallic sides, and a white transport beam like the one produced from a dying brain.

3. Mr horse is a proud, strong horse, standing on his hind legs with rubber nipples stuck on his chest.

4. The flowers are the opposite of what one would consider nice flowers. They are reek, bloody, and covered in needles like hellraiser.

5. The storm literally washes it into a muddy mix. Mr horse stands defiant. And "NO SIR. HE DOESN'T LIKE IT."
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[C.Beck]

1. pale green. slight sheen. Sharp angles, plastic durability, very little give. About middle of the space, viewed from a diagonal and slightly above the midline.

2. Solidly constructed wooden rung ladder. smoothed wood, naturaly light in colour. Standard eight rungs or so. No nails exposed; all the pieces are well fitted. The ladder is positioned aligned to the back face of the cube.

3. The horse is floating above the cube, ignoring the ladder. It is comfortable but impatient, aware of the scene but indifferent. It has a lot of energy and is waiting for a challenge.

4. The flowers take the shape of a small patch left of the cube (which is centered relative to everything else). They have green stems, wide tall leaves and fold out at the top with thin yellow blossoms. The stems are sturdy and grained unidirectionally. They are at a variety of stages of growth.

5. The horse is wet, the cube is unchanged, except for a few droplets. The ladder fell over and has a few of the petals from the flowers blown around it. The flowers are blown over and missing their petals but are still anchored in space and look healthy enough.
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[nonentropic]

1) a black cube 6"x6"x6", centered in the middle of the slate, not head-on but turned slightly to the right so i can see 2 sides and i am looking down at it somewhat, so i can see the top square also fully.

2) the ladder is gold colored (appears to be made of gold) and it is leaning up agaist the rightside front facing wall/square. it is tubular in style...sturdy/strong/effective (probably heavy-the gold aspect again-i hope it's only plated :) and efficient. the ladder extends perhaps 1" above that side of the cube.

3) the horse (a stallion as nature itself would birth it and brown colored, with mane and tail nearly black or black in color) is now on top of the cube. it has kicked the ladder down it just stands there in the center of the cube looking out into space past me...again to the right.

4) the flowers are around the base of the cube on the front facing sides. they are daffodills. more than a dozen and in proper proportion to the horse, cube and the ladder.

5) the horse is soaked but undeterred. still standing proud and looking forward and to the right past me. the flowers were pushed forward some by the heavy rain and wind but are now returning to their glory as the sun is coming out and the wind and rain have ceased. the black cube was not effected at all. the ladder is still lying on the ground exactly where the horse kicked it. it is heavy and so even the rain and wind had no effect on it.
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[Annabel_Lee]

Great job on the detailing guys.
This will be pretty interesting when I finally reveal.

Rad, Mr. Horse. Hah. He's getting you intruiging interpretations.
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[bourgeois manque]

gahh. ignore this. it posted the comment twice.
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[bourgeois manque]

Fun!!

1. The cube is large, slick, smooth, and mostly clear, sitting on a solid dirt ground. The size of the cube is large, perhaps the size of a small mountain. The perspective I am viewing it changes due to its size. To first see the cube in its entirety, we view the cube from a distance and above, but then we zoom in to see the details. From that perspective the cube looks more like a wall; we look directly at it and up, awestruck at the size of this silently looming, alien structure.

2. The ladder is relatively small (at about 7 feet) compared to the size of the cube. It is leaning against the cube, old, deteriorating, wooden, and seemingly useless. It is almost comical in a sense to contrast the magnificent nature of the cube to the pitiful excuse of a ladder.

3. The horse approaches the cube and gazes up at it, and through it (towards the view of which lies beyond), his eyes wide, his will small. What lies beyond is clearly beautiful to him, but the cube forbids for him to continue. He is old, worn out, and defeated. He feels a bittersweet acceptance of his situation. He kneels. He is ready to sleep.

4. Flowers surround the cube, but keep their distance as if they do not dare come too close to the cube. For about ten yards from the base of the cube, there is merely dirt, but abruptly, the dirt ground transitions into a beautiful flora which basically acts as a carpet as far as eye can see. There is every flower and color imaginable, and each flower seems to have this unnatural sparkle to them.

5. The storm causes the flowers to grow out of control. Flower vines expand, crossing the dirt line, climbing up the walls of the cube, and engulfing it (almost) completely. Right above the ladder is the only space left uncovered--a window for which anyone can peer into (to see the now mystery that lies beyond) after a couple-step climb. If the ladder could feel, as any human would, it would beam with pride that it now feels at home in its surroundings (its natural wooden figure complements the fresh beauty of the flowers), and better yet, has purpose--an important purpose--an important, secret purpose. The horse, on the other hand, drowns.


Somehow this turned out kinda like a story. Hopefully that doesn't make things too difficult. :P
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[C.Beck]

I sense something sexual in the interpretation.. It's always easiest to make something dirty, hahaha.
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[Zephr]

Alright, lets see...

1. Imagine a cube on your imaginary slate. Describe the cube.
Well, I'm imagining a line drawing of a cube with chalk on a blackboard. You know, two overlapping squares with the corners connected by four lines. About 8 inches high. The word slate really reminds me of blackboards for some reason.

2. Now, add a ladder to the scene. Describe this ladder.
Drawn to the right of the cube leaning up against some unseen object further to the right. Nearly as tall as the blackboard, and about as wide as the cube.

3. Add a horse to the picture. Where does the horse remain relative to everything else? How does it interact with the other things in the scene? Give us three traits of the horse (preferably not appearance-based, but character-based)
The horse is drawn in the background, so that it's about four inches tall. It's to the left and slightly above the cube. It appears to be resting. It seems... free, it seems like it would enjoy running, and it look like it would be ready to at any second despite the fact that it's resting now.

4. Add flowers to the scene. Where are the flowers? What form do they take?
The flowers look like children's drawings, they have five round petals each, with a circle in the middle, and a stem with two leaves, one on each side. There's no color because they're drawn with white chalk on the green blackboard just like everything else. Despite this no two flowers are identical, and there are hundreds of them. Each is less than a centimeter high, and they form in clumps making a field that the horse is in. There's little bits of grass between the clumps of flowers.

5. Now there's a terrible storm that strikes your imaginary canvas. Describe how things seem after the storm.
Hmm... I think the scene was hit by the storm, not the blackboard, so new drawing. The cube is unaffected and the ladder was knocked down. The horse hid under the unseen object that the ladder was leaning up against and is fine, and the flowers seem slightly more vibrant. After the storm the whole scene seems wet, but also a little more alive somehow.
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[A different mind]

1. Imagine a cube on your imaginary slate. Describe the cube.
The cube itself is invisible, only the outer white lines are visible (like in school, only white lines instead of black) and two crosses (x) in the middle connecting the 8 corners. It is in the middle of the slate (which is more like a landscape view than portrait) and takes about 20% of the slate.

2. Now, add a ladder to the scene. Describe this ladder.
It's a wooden basic ladder standing against the cube from the left. The top of the ladder leans against the top of the cube and is exactly as high. It leans with an angle of about 55 degrees.

3. Add a horse to the picture. Where does the horse remain relative to everything else? How does it interact with the other things in the scene? Give us three traits of the horse (preferably not appearance-based, but character-based)
The horse has a bright white/yellow-ish aura around it and is to the right of the cube. It is standing on its back two feet with its front two feet high in the air (not like a human though, I just can't remember the right English word for it; the thing horses do to get humans of their back or to make itselve and the human on its back look fierce). It doesn't really interact with the cube or ladder. It's a darkbrown horse with strong personality and leadership qualities.

4. Add flowers to the scene. Where are the flowers? What form do they take?
There is a heavenly field with all kinds of bright flowers in the back. There are flowers made out of question marks (when you put a lot of question marks on eachother and keep the point in place but move the rest of the question mark so they make a round form it looks kind of like a Bellis Perennis) in front of the cube and to the sides of the slate.

5. Now there's a terrible storm that strikes your imaginary canvas. Describe how things seem after the storm.
The cube has remain like it was. The ladder is on the ground in front of the cube and is diagonally cut in two. The flowers in the back are taken out of the ground and are dead on the ground in the water remainders of the storm. The question mark flowers only have their stem, the question marks are on the ground. The horse stands on four feet with wet hair and has made itself look smaller out of self-pity. It is all kind of sad, but will recover.

I'm curious to find out what it all means.
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[Romana]

1. The cube is made of a material that is very hard, somewhat reflective, and almost black -- somewhere between smoky quartz and obsidian, with a surface rather like one of those stones when polished. It has some variegation of color, and the faces are very slightly concave. It does not have a size as such, since there is nothing to give it scale. It hovers off the "ground" by a distance equal to about a quarter of its edge length, and rotates slowly clockwise. It is viewed from slightly above and to the left; I can barely see the top of the cube. (By the way, the background of my mindscape is black, as the night sky without stars and moon.)

2. The ladder is metal, with a dull polish -- perhaps stainless steel, or even titanium. All its pieces are cylindrical. When it appears, the cube stops rotating, and the ladder rests against the left face of the cube. Its top rung is just above the top of the cube, such that one could use it to climb up onto the cube.

3. The horse appears on the right side of the cube. Assuming a horse of standard dimensions, now the scene has scale. The cube height is about 50% taller than the horse. The horse stands about 8-9 feet to the right of the cube, and is facing toward the back left corner of the scene (I see his left side, at an angle). He is a relatively ordinary looking chestnut color horse, well groomed and healthy, no saddle or tack. His manner is very laid back. He simply stands there, gazing with casual interest at the cube, occasionally nibbling at what must be some grasses that appeared with him.

4. The flowers are interesting. They force some light into the scene, not much -- perhaps full moonlight. The light reveals that the entire scene has a background of mostly small wildflowers of diverse type and color. They are mainly behind and to the sides of the cube, not in the foreground, and the area in which the cube, ladder, and horse stand is free of flowers, like a small clearing.

5. When the storm comes, it turns darker again. There is thunder, lightning, rain, wind. Not hurricane-strength, but a decent rainstorm. After it passes, the ladder has fallen on the ground alongside the cube. The horse had walked up right next to the cube to seek some shelter, and is now taking a few steps away and shaking the rain off himself. Many of the flowers are bent over, some in standing water, with water on their blooms and leaves. They are hardy little things, though, and there is a sense that the rain will help them grow. The cube itself is unchanged except for being wet. Free of the ladder leaning against it, it begins to rotate again. The horse takes note, then goes to smell the nearest flowers.
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“The awareness of our own weaknesses allows us to view the weaknesses of others with immense compassion and to appreciate the value of their offerings.” ~ Logospilgrim

[Another]

1.Cube. The cube is convex, transparent, low reflective quality to
surfacing, 60 tilt towards viewer, prismatic distortion. Environment; gloss red enclosure. Dirt/
Exposed Termite nests. (Cube size relative to termite cones is a human hand.) Low light. Brief
intense light each prismatic capture. Fast chain of capture. Initial start cube position:
central to red enclosure. Reaction to the capture and distortion of objects
in the enclosure: brief clouding, organic smooth twist to concave. Each
morph leaves cube fractionally changed, but all six
surfaces return to convex position. (organic twist suggests suggests
reaction/ adaptation/ animal ). Says growth.
Cube movement relevant to limits of enclosure - electric, erratic: short
stops and starts = immediate acceleration/ deceleration, utilizes
entire space fast.

2. Ladder. Ladder organic, (fluid) - smooth swing from floor pivot. White,
slight porous surfacing. Essential bones. Movement
subtle in direct opposition to cube - hypnotic grace. Avoids cube - swings
away. The diametrically opposed movement
of each of the two objects form one dance. .

3. A horse. Shit.
Ok. Horse is minimal. The focus on the cube - the horse is a prismatic
distortion /subliminal/ Flash of white head.
Or an eye. Albino. Pink eye /overblown distortion. But the horse is not in the room.

4. Flowers. White. Death. 5 star point. Microscopic. Thousands. Form
solid carpet of texture on undisclosed wall. Affects only room ambient.


5. Storm. The nests disintegrate. More Death. Nests follow the
movement of the ladder in orchestrated rising pillars of dust.
Cube ceases to distort so ceases to exist.

Ladder remains - engaged in hypnotic dance.




Enjoyed this exercise.

Just read others - interesting that R specified concave, while my
specifications were convex.
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