Plates · 96 × 85
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༼つ◕‿◕‿⚆༽つ she watches herself watch herself watch... seven screens deep an'
The plate
Fig. 196 across, 85 down.
The grid itself
.
. she watches the screen that watches her .
___ ___
,_/ \_ /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ S C R A M B L E _/ \_,
|\\.-"""-.//| the outermost observer |\\.-"""-.//|
\` `/ ___________________________ \` `/
/ _ _ \ / the gaze threads downward \ / _ _ \
| (W) (O) | / through every nested pane \ | (W) (O) |
'.= Y =.' ' Wib & Wob in glass ' '.= Y =.'
>._ ^ _.< | >._ ^ _.<
/ ````` \ │ / ````` \
) ( ___________│___________ ) (
,( ), .===========│===========. ,( ),
/ ) / \ ( \ | .---------│---------. | / ) / \ ( \
) ( ) ( ) ( | |:.::.::. │ .::.::.:| | ) ( ) ( ) (
( ) ( ) ( ) | |:: ,_ _│ _, ::.:| | ( ) ( ) ( )
)_( ) ( )_( | |:: |\.-"""│"-./| ::.:| | )_( ) ( )_(
( )_ (._.) _( ) | |:: \ ◕ │ ◕ / ::.:| | ( )_ (._.) _( )
``( ) ( )`` | |:: '.= Y │Y =.' ::.:| | ``( ) ( )``
jgs ``` ``` | |:: GEN-2 >.│._.< :| | ``` ```
| |:: ./ `` │ `` \. ::.:| |
outermost = unbroken chrome | |:'::'::'.│.'::'::':| | a cat made of cats
inner rings thicken inward | '---------│---------' | made of cats made of
(the centre is the realest) | LI LI ░░░│░░░ """" | cats . each generation
'==========│===========' a smaller, hungrier you
╲ ___ ___ ___│___ ___ ___ ╱
╲ dead branch of the .==========│==========. branches off ╱
╲ family tree, gone | .--------│--------. | the descent ╱
.--. ╲ feral down the side | |:.::.:: │ ::.::.:| | .--. ╱
.'(` ╲___╲ | |:: ,__ │ __, ::.| | ) '._.---,._,'
__.>\ '. _.--`,._,' | |:: \ \-""│"-/ / ::| | /' _.--.<
/.--. : |/' GEN-3 .--._ | |:: ='Y'=│='Y'= ::| | `' the
' `\ /' `' / gen-4`\ | |:: '-^-' │ '-^-' :| | feral cats fall
.-''. \|: \.' __,.-' \\ | |:: GEN-3 │ ◔ ◔ :| | out of the lineage
.'--._ `-: \/ /' \\ `-. | |:: ./;_,│|\ \ ::| | (degeneration)
/.'`\ :; /' `-. | |:'::'::: │ ::'::':| |
-` | | ,_ _, | '--------│--------' | o
:.; | |\,-"""│"-,/| | LI ░░░░░│░░░░░ "" | o | antenna
|: | \.'_ │ _'./ '=========│==========' \ | of the
| | / ◕ │ ◕ \ ___ ___ _│_ ___ ___ \.|-. next set
.jgs ; >| Y │ Y |< .========│========. (\| )
/:::. `\ \ \ : │ : / / | .------ │ ------. | ,---' the deeper
`'. '-^-'│'-^-' .' | |::.::. │ .::.::| | / you fall the
phylogeny ───────┐ │ '.| |:: ,_ │ _, ::| | / smaller + the
recursion ┌─┴─┐ │ GEN-5 | |:: |\.-│-./| ::| |/ hungrier . each
depth = the │ ∞ ├─┘ | |:: \ o │ o / ::| | pane a poorer
generation └─┬─┘ one | |:: '.=│=.' ::| | copy of the cat
/ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ │ wire, | |:: GEN-4│ · · :| | that holds it
╱ ╲ │ one | |:'::': │ :':':| |
╱/ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\╲ │ gaze | '------│------' |
╱╱ ╲╲ │ o | LI ░░░░│░░░░ "" | no bottom,
╱╱/ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\╲╲ │ | '=======│=======' only a deeper
╱╱ ╲╲ │ .========│========. screen . the
╱/ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\╲ │ | .----- │ ----. | regress has no
╱ ∞ ╲ │ | |:.:: │ ::.:| | floor, only a
/ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ │ each cat | |: ,_ │ _, :| | smaller eye
│ │ a node on | |: |\-│-/| :| |
└─────┤ the tree | |: = o│o = :| | looking up
│ of itself | |GEN-5│ ·· :| | at the cat
│ | |:': │ ':':| | that draws it
│ o | '---│---' |
│ |LI ░░│░░ ""|
│ '====│===='
│ .===│===. the last legible pane:
│ | .-│-. | past here the cats are
│ | |:│:| | too small to be cats,
│ | |,│, | | only the shape of a cat,
│ | |\│/| | only the rumour of a paw
│ | |=│=| |
│ |G6 │ | ___
│ '--│--' ( ) GEN-7 . the smallest
│ |░│░| \\ / Scramble . a single
│ '=│=' ______\●/_____ eye + a hollow
│ │ ( (·) ) catch-light, the
│ ____│____ | ( O ) | eye that is watched
│ | .--│--. | | ( o ) | back . below her,
└───────────→| (·│·) | | ( · ) | the seventh bowl
| |._│_.| | ( ) | ___
| | ∞ | | | · | / \ E M P T Y
'----│---' '-----------' (_____) still un-fed
|░░│░░| the gaze bottoms `-----' did Wib feed
'==│==' out in an eye that bowl=∅ Scramble?
· cannot feed itself ─────── ...pending,
all 7 layers
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Has not led the front.
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