Think of an animal.

The first that comes to mind. Don't second-guess it.

Three things about that animal.

These describe what you bring to others.

Now a colour.

Any colour you want — write it freely.

Three qualities of that colour.

These describe what you'd like to find in others.

Refine (if needed and wanted) to more qualificative adjectives.

My three things about that animal.

My three qualities of that colour.

Stage 1 is finished.

Save the portrait to look at it, or keep going — Stage 2 opens another door.

Pick the specie that my animal belongs to.

Pick another specie.

Choose one below my first. Optionally name an animal of that group.

Three things from my creature.

Gestures, instincts, textures, ways of being.

Pick one of the five senses.

The one that feels closest to my creature right now.

Three things my creature is sensing.

Picture it now. What does the world feel like, from inside?

Stage 2 is finished.

Save it, or open another door.

Pick yet another specie.

Below my stage 2 pick. Choose a category — and optionally name an animal of it.

A system.

Choose a biological system.

Three things it is sensing.

Gestures, instincts, textures, ways of being.

Now choose a more inner system.

If something feels closer here, pick it instead.

Three things the species is sensing.

From the inside of that channel — what does the world become?

Stage 3 is finished.

Save the portrait, or step down into matter.

Now choose some other matter.

Below species and tissue, the world is still alive — or about to be.

Three things about the matter.

What does it carry? What does it look for? What's it made of?

Now a yet more inner system.

Pick something further down the list.

Three things my matter is doing.

What it does, what it carries, the rhythm it keeps.

Stage 4 is finished.

Save what you have, or take one more step.

Pick a particle.

A building block of everything you've named so far.

Three things about the particle.

Even a particle has gestures — pick three.

Now one of four immune subsystems.

Adaptative, neuroimmune, innate, lymphatic — which one calls?

Three things the particle is living.

What does it sense, defend, remember?

Stage 5 is finished.

Five layers, one figure. See it whole, save it, take it with you.

Take a breath.

My portrait lives safe in this device — you can come back to it whenever you want. From here, you can see my results, keep playing, or move on to the next stage.

Summary

First answers in warm, second answers in rose. cloud sync coming soon