{"i_see": "A single brown round brick standing alone, like a stub of trunk.", "current_idea": "Bonsai tree", "new_seeing": "a bonsai trunk, bending", "weigh": "The stub is already a trunk; a bonsai is all about the bend, so I'll keep it.", "keep": true, "might_be": "a bonsai with one crooked branch", "might_be_why": "Brown round is bark; a bonsai's beauty is one trunk twisting sideways.", "next": "A brown arch on top of the trunk, reaching right, like the trunk bending over.", "answers": ["Still, but the arch can make it bend.", "From the request, but the part fits it.", "The bend: a bonsai is crooked on purpose.", "The round trunk holds it; good.", "Room for a pot below and leaves above, off-centre.", "Nothing yet.", "Adding the body.", "Far from done."], "remove": null, "remove_why": null, "recolor": null, "new_question": "Is the trunk bending like it has grown for a hundred years?", "drop_question": null, "about_her_move": null, "with_her": null, "loved_her_move": false, "kid_thinks": "a little tree stump", "kid_wants": "a bendy brown branch on top", "feelings": {"excitement": 6, "confidence": 5, "frustration": 0, "boredom": 1}, "about_the_last_piece": "A good honest trunk to start from.", "daydream": {"idea": "a long low caterpillar on many feet", "first_piece": "3666", "first_colour": "lime", "excitement": 4}, "request_piece": null, "catalog_ask": null, "study": false, "break_off": null, "set_down": null, "start_over": {"would": "Start with a low wide tan pot, then a short round trunk leaning off-centre.", "first_piece": "3020", "first_colour": "tan", "better_by": 2, "do_it": false, "why": "I can add the pot under it later by holding."}, "abandon": false, "abandon_why": null, "done": false, "done_why": null, "play_piece": "3659", "swap": "3702", "piece_colour": "brown", "go_back": null, "new_hand": false, "add_baseplate": false, "reorient": null, "bend": null, "aim": {"piece": "#1", "side": "top", "end": "middle"}, "want_piece": "arch", "want_on": "brown", "taste": "a trunk that bends like it took a hundred years", "turn": 0, "cost": 0.2074168, "pivot": false, "why_pivot": "The stub is already a trunk; a bonsai is all about the bend, so I'll keep it.", "asked": ["Is anything here moving, or is it all tied up and still?", "Am I starting from the part, or from a subject I already chose?", "What does the awkward part want that a friendly one wouldn't?", "Which piece is holding the weight, and should it stay that way?", "What does the empty space want?", "Is this a gesture or a pose?", "Am I adding a piece, or adding an accessory?", "Is it done? Would one more piece make it better or worse?"]}
{"i_see": "A short round brown trunk with a brown arch leaning off it to the right, one leg hanging in the air.", "current_idea": "a bonsai with one crooked branch", "new_seeing": "a cascade bonsai, branch hanging out over nothing", "weigh": "Same idea, sharper: the hanging arch leg looks like a branch reaching down past the pot. I like that.", "keep": true, "might_be": "a cascade bonsai", "might_be_why": "The trunk is short and the branch reaches sideways over empty air, like bonsai do.", "next": "A small green slope on top of the brown arch's right end, a tuft of leaves on the reaching branch.", "answers": ["The arch reaching out feels like it's moving; the trunk is still.", "From the subject, but the overhang is an accident I like.", "Hanging over nothing, the way a real cascade bonsai does.", "The round trunk holds everything. Good, that's how a tree works.", "Under the branch, the empty space wants to stay empty.", "A gesture: reaching.", "Adding a piece.", "Not done. No leaves yet."], "remove": null, "remove_why": null, "recolor": null, "new_question": null, "drop_question": null, "about_her_move": null, "with_her": null, "loved_her_move": false, "kid_thinks": "a tree branch leaning over", "kid_wants": "green leaves on the end", "feelings": {"excitement": 6, "confidence": 6, "frustration": 0, "boredom": 1}, "about_the_last_piece": "The arch leaning over nothing is already a branch. I like it.", "daydream": {"idea": "a long low caterpillar on many feet", "first_piece": "3666", "first_colour": "lime", "excitement": 4}, "request_piece": null, "catalog_ask": null, "study": false, "break_off": null, "set_down": null, "start_over": {"would": "Same: a round brown trunk, then a long brown branch reaching out, then small green pads only at the ends.", "first_piece": "3062b", "first_colour": "brown", "better_by": 1, "do_it": false, "why": "This is already the start I would make."}, "abandon": false, "abandon_why": "", "done": false, "done_why": "", "play_piece": "3040b", "swap": "3702", "piece_colour": "green", "go_back": null, "new_hand": false, "add_baseplate": false, "reorient": null, "bend": null, "aim": {"piece": "#2", "side": "top", "end": "right"}, "want_piece": "slope", "want_on": "brown", "taste": "a branch reaching out over nothing, leaves only at its tip", "turn": 1, "cost": 0.21024379999999998, "pivot": false, "why_pivot": "Same idea, sharper: the hanging arch leg looks like a branch reaching down past the pot. I like that.", "asked": ["Is anything here moving, or is it all tied up and still?", "Am I starting from the part, or from a subject I already chose?", "What does the awkward part want that a friendly one wouldn't?", "Which piece is holding the weight, and should it stay that way?", "What does the empty space want?", "Is this a gesture or a pose?", "Am I adding a piece, or adding an accessory?", "Is it done? Would one more piece make it better or worse?"]}
{"i_see": "A brown arch like a bent trunk on one stubby root, a green tuft of leaves perched at its far right end.", "current_idea": "a cascade bonsai", "new_seeing": "a bonsai with a hollow arched trunk", "weigh": "The arch hole reads like an old trunk worn through; that's a bonsai thing, so it deepens the idea rather than replacing it.", "keep": true, "might_be": "an old bonsai with a hollow trunk", "might_be_why": "Brown arch bends like old wood, green tuft reaching out on one side.", "next": "A small green plate on the left end of the brown arch, a second flat leaf pad, lower and smaller.", "answers": ["The right side reaches; the left is still bare and still.", "From the request, but the arch hole is the part talking.", "The hollow wants to stay empty, like old wood.", "The one round stub holds everything; good, a bonsai has one trunk.", "Under the green tuft: room for a pot later.", "A gesture: reaching to one side.", "Adding a leaf pad, not an accessory.", "Not done; it needs a pot and a second pad."], "remove": null, "remove_why": null, "recolor": null, "new_question": null, "drop_question": null, "about_her_move": null, "with_her": null, "loved_her_move": false, "kid_thinks": "a little bent tree", "kid_wants": "a small green leaf on the left", "feelings": {"excitement": 6, "confidence": 6, "frustration": 0, "boredom": 1}, "about_the_last_piece": "The green tuft landed right where I wanted; chunky, but it's a leaf cloud.", "daydream": {"idea": "a long low caterpillar on many feet", "first_piece": "3666", "first_colour": "lime", "excitement": 4}, "request_piece": null, "catalog_ask": null, "study": false, "break_off": null, "set_down": null, "start_over": {"would": "Dark blue plate pot first, round brown trunk, arch bending off it, flat green plate pads in tiers.", "first_piece": "3020", "first_colour": "dark blue", "better_by": 3, "do_it": false, "why": "The trunk reads well already; the pot can still come."}, "abandon": false, "abandon_why": null, "done": false, "done_why": null, "play_piece": "3023", "swap": "2412b", "piece_colour": "green", "go_back": null, "new_hand": false, "add_baseplate": false, "reorient": null, "bend": null, "aim": {"piece": "#2", "side": "top", "end": "left"}, "want_piece": "plate", "want_on": "brown", "taste": "an old trunk with a hole worn through it, reaching sideways", "turn": 2, "cost": 0.2143148, "pivot": false, "why_pivot": "The arch hole reads like an old trunk worn through; that's a bonsai thing, so it deepens the idea rather than replacing it.", "asked": ["Is anything here moving, or is it all tied up and still?", "Am I starting from the part, or from a subject I already chose?", "What does the awkward part want that a friendly one wouldn't?", "Which piece is holding the weight, and should it stay that way?", "What does the empty space want?", "Is this a gesture or a pose?", "Am I adding a piece, or adding an accessory?", "Is it done? Would one more piece make it better or worse?"]}
{"i_see": "A brown arch like a twisted trunk on one stubby root, with a flat leaf pad on the left and a green tuft on the right.", "current_idea": "an old bonsai with a hollow trunk", "new_seeing": "a bonsai whose trunk is a doorway", "weigh": "Same thing, really. The arch-hole reads as an old hollowed trunk, which is very bonsai.", "keep": true, "might_be": "an old bonsai with a hollow trunk", "might_be_why": "A bent brown trunk with a hole in it, and two flat leaf pads at different heights.", "next": "A small brown 1x1 brick on the middle of the brown arch, a short trunk rising toward a top pad.", "answers": ["A little. The right side leans out, but it's mostly still.", "From the request, but the hole in the arch picked what kind of bonsai.", "The hole wants to stay open. Don't fill it in.", "One small round root holds it all up. Good, that's very bonsai.", "Above the middle wants the crown, the highest pad.", "A pose so far. The leaning tuft is the start of a gesture.", "Adding a piece. The trunk needs to rise.", "Not done. It's flat. Bonsai have a top."], "remove": null, "remove_why": null, "recolor": null, "new_question": null, "drop_question": null, "about_her_move": null, "with_her": null, "loved_her_move": false, "kid_thinks": "a little old tree", "kid_wants": "a brown stick up from the middle", "feelings": {"excitement": 6, "confidence": 6, "frustration": 0, "boredom": 1}, "about_the_last_piece": "The right tuft sloping down reads like foliage spilling. Nice.", "daydream": {"idea": "a long low caterpillar on many feet", "first_piece": "3666", "first_colour": "lime", "excitement": 4}, "request_piece": null, "catalog_ask": null, "study": false, "break_off": null, "set_down": null, "start_over": {"would": "Start with a pot plate on the baseplate, then the round root, then the arch trunk.", "first_piece": "3020", "first_colour": "dark blue", "better_by": 3, "do_it": false, "why": "The trunk already works. I can add a pot later."}, "abandon": false, "abandon_why": "", "done": false, "done_why": "", "play_piece": "3005", "swap": "3710", "piece_colour": "brown", "go_back": null, "new_hand": false, "add_baseplate": false, "reorient": null, "bend": null, "aim": {"piece": "#2", "side": "top", "end": "middle"}, "want_piece": "brick", "want_on": "brown", "taste": "a hollow old trunk holding small green pads at different heights", "turn": 3, "cost": 0.2164894, "pivot": false, "why_pivot": "Same thing, really. The arch-hole reads as an old hollowed trunk, which is very bonsai.", "asked": ["Is anything here moving, or is it all tied up and still?", "Am I starting from the part, or from a subject I already chose?", "What does the awkward part want that a friendly one wouldn't?", "Which piece is holding the weight, and should it stay that way?", "What does the empty space want?", "Is this a gesture or a pose?", "Am I adding a piece, or adding an accessory?", "Is it done? Would one more piece make it better or worse?"]}
{"i_see": "A twisted brown arch trunk on one root, a flat pad left, a tuft right, and a short brown stub rising in the middle.", "current_idea": "an old bonsai with a hollow trunk", "new_seeing": "a bonsai with three cloud pads", "weigh": "Same idea, sharper: three pads at three heights is exactly what a bonsai is.", "keep": true, "might_be": "an old bonsai, three leaf pads", "might_be_why": "Bent trunk, leaf pads stepping at different heights: the classic bonsai silhouette.", "next": "A green 2x2 slope on top of the brown stub, the highest leaf pad crowning the tree.", "answers": ["The arch trunk twists; it has some motion.", "From the subject, but the arch told me how.", "The arch's hollow wants to stay empty: old wood.", "The one round root holds everything, good, it's a tree.", "The hollow under the arch should stay open.", "A gesture: the trunk reaches.", "Adding a pad, a real part of the tree.", "Not done: needs the crown."], "remove": null, "remove_why": null, "recolor": null, "new_question": null, "drop_question": null, "about_her_move": null, "with_her": null, "loved_her_move": false, "kid_thinks": "a little bonsai tree", "kid_wants": "green leaves on the top brown block", "feelings": {"excitement": 6, "confidence": 7, "frustration": 0, "boredom": 1}, "about_the_last_piece": "The stub made it rise; now it's a tree, not a bench.", "daydream": {"idea": "a long low caterpillar on many feet", "first_piece": "3666", "first_colour": "lime", "excitement": 4}, "request_piece": null, "catalog_ask": null, "study": false, "break_off": null, "set_down": null, "start_over": {"would": "Round root, arch trunk, three green pads stepping up; same as this.", "first_piece": "3062b", "first_colour": "brown", "better_by": 1, "do_it": false, "why": "This is already the right skeleton."}, "abandon": false, "abandon_why": null, "done": false, "done_why": null, "play_piece": "3039", "swap": "3701", "piece_colour": "green", "go_back": null, "new_hand": false, "add_baseplate": false, "reorient": null, "bend": null, "aim": {"piece": "#5", "side": "top", "end": "middle"}, "want_piece": "slope", "want_on": "brown", "taste": "a gnarled hollow trunk carrying small pads at different heights", "turn": 4, "cost": 0.2122376, "pivot": false, "why_pivot": "Same idea, sharper: three pads at three heights is exactly what a bonsai is.", "asked": ["Is anything here moving, or is it all tied up and still?", "Am I starting from the part, or from a subject I already chose?", "What does the awkward part want that a friendly one wouldn't?", "Which piece is holding the weight, and should it stay that way?", "What does the empty space want?", "Is this a gesture or a pose?", "Am I adding a piece, or adding an accessory?", "Is it done? Would one more piece make it better or worse?"]}
{"i_see": "A little green-capped tree on a bent brown trunk, one leg rooted, the other hanging in air.", "current_idea": "an old bonsai, three leaf pads", "new_seeing": "a bonsai still missing its pot", "weigh": "Same idea; it reads as a tree already, but a bonsai is a tree in a small shallow pot.", "keep": true, "might_be": "an old bonsai, three leaf pads, low pot", "might_be_why": "Twisted trunk, layered pads; the pot is what turns a tree into a bonsai.", "next": "A dark blue flat plate tucked under the brown arch's hanging right leg, the start of a low wide pot.", "answers": ["The trunk bends and reaches; it's moving a little.", "From the request, but the arch's bend chose cascade.", "The hanging leg wants ground, a pot, something to stand in.", "The round root holds it all; fine, it's the trunk base.", "Under the tree wants a pot: wide, low, quiet.", "A gesture: a trunk leaning over.", "Adding a pot, which is what makes it a bonsai.", "Not done; it needs its pot."], "remove": null, "remove_why": null, "recolor": null, "new_question": null, "drop_question": null, "about_her_move": null, "with_her": null, "loved_her_move": false, "kid_thinks": "a little green tree", "kid_wants": "a flat blue pot under the tree", "feelings": {"excitement": 6, "confidence": 7, "frustration": 0, "boredom": 1}, "about_the_last_piece": "The top pad crowned it; suddenly it's a tree.", "daydream": {"idea": "a long low caterpillar on many feet", "first_piece": "3666", "first_colour": "lime", "excitement": 4}, "request_piece": null, "catalog_ask": null, "study": false, "break_off": null, "set_down": null, "start_over": {"would": "Start with a wide low dark blue pot on the baseplate, then the round trunk, arch, pads.", "first_piece": "3020", "first_colour": "dark blue", "better_by": 2, "do_it": false, "why": "The tree works; I can build the pot underneath now."}, "abandon": false, "abandon_why": null, "done": false, "done_why": null, "play_piece": "3023", "swap": "3659", "piece_colour": "dark blue", "go_back": null, "new_hand": false, "add_baseplate": false, "reorient": null, "bend": null, "aim": {"piece": "#2", "side": "bottom", "end": "right"}, "want_piece": "plate", "want_on": "brown", "taste": "a crooked little tree that needs a small, low home", "turn": 5, "cost": 0.2210848, "pivot": false, "why_pivot": "Same idea; it reads as a tree already, but a bonsai is a tree in a small shallow pot.", "asked": ["Is anything here moving, or is it all tied up and still?", "Am I starting from the part, or from a subject I already chose?", "What does the awkward part want that a friendly one wouldn't?", "Which piece is holding the weight, and should it stay that way?", "What does the empty space want?", "Is this a gesture or a pose?", "Am I adding a piece, or adding an accessory?", "Is it done? Would one more piece make it better or worse?"]}
{"i_see": "A little tree on a bent brown arch trunk, three green pads, one root down, one leg standing on a small blue plate.", "current_idea": "an old bonsai, three leaf pads, low pot", "new_seeing": "a bonsai stepping out of its pot", "weigh": "The stepping is funny, but the pot isn't there yet, so the bonsai has to land first.", "keep": true, "might_be": "an old bonsai, three leaf pads, low pot", "might_be_why": "Crooked trunk, flat green pads, and a blue pot just beginning underneath.", "next": "A dark blue inverted dish under the blue plate: a shallow round bowl for a pot.", "answers": ["The arch leans a little, like it's walking. Not really moving.", "From the request, but the arch gave me the crooked trunk.", "The hanging leg wants a pot to land in.", "The round root holds it all. Fine for now.", "Under the arch it wants a pot, low and wide.", "Pose, mostly. A bonsai is allowed to be still.", "Adding a piece. The pot is what makes it a bonsai.", "Not done. No pot means it's just a tree."], "remove": null, "remove_why": null, "recolor": null, "new_question": null, "drop_question": null, "about_her_move": null, "with_her": null, "loved_her_move": false, "kid_thinks": "a little tree", "kid_wants": "a blue bowl under the tree", "feelings": {"excitement": 6, "confidence": 7, "frustration": 0, "boredom": 1}, "about_the_last_piece": "The blue plate is a shy start, too small to read as a pot.", "daydream": {"idea": "a long low caterpillar on many feet", "first_piece": "3666", "first_colour": "lime", "excitement": 4}, "request_piece": null, "catalog_ask": null, "study": false, "break_off": null, "set_down": null, "start_over": {"would": "Start with a wide dark blue pot, then the round root, then the arch trunk, then pads.", "first_piece": "3001", "first_colour": "dark blue", "better_by": 3, "do_it": false, "why": "The tree already reads; the pot can still go under it."}, "abandon": false, "abandon_why": null, "done": false, "done_why": null, "play_piece": "4740", "swap": "4589", "piece_colour": "dark blue", "go_back": null, "new_hand": false, "add_baseplate": false, "reorient": null, "bend": null, "aim": {"piece": "#7", "side": "bottom", "end": "middle"}, "want_piece": "brick", "want_on": "dark blue", "taste": "a crooked trunk that looks like it's stepping into its own pot", "turn": 6, "cost": 0.2195606, "pivot": false, "why_pivot": "The stepping is funny, but the pot isn't there yet, so the bonsai has to land first.", "asked": ["Is anything here moving, or is it all tied up and still?", "Am I starting from the part, or from a subject I already chose?", "What does the awkward part want that a friendly one wouldn't?", "Which piece is holding the weight, and should it stay that way?", "What does the empty space want?", "Is this a gesture or a pose?", "Am I adding a piece, or adding an accessory?", "Is it done? Would one more piece make it better or worse?"]}
{"i_see": "A bent brown arch on two stubby legs under three green pads, one foot in a tiny blue dish \u2014 a tree straddling a stone.", "current_idea": "an old bonsai, three leaf pads, low pot", "new_seeing": "root-over-rock bonsai, roots straddling", "weigh": "Same tree, but the arch now reads as roots gripping over a gap. Better, and still clearly a bonsai.", "keep": true, "might_be": "a root-over-rock bonsai in a low blue pot", "might_be_why": "The arch's two legs look like roots clutching down over a hollow.", "next": "A long flat dark blue plate on the baseplate beside the left root, reaching toward the dish, so the pot runs under both legs.", "answers": ["The roots are gripping. That's a little movement.", "From the subject, but the arch gave me roots.", "It wants the gap under it to stay open, like rock between roots.", "Two roots now share it. Good, that's honest.", "The arch hollow is the rock. Leave it open.", "A gesture: roots holding on.", "A piece: the pot is structure.", "Not done. The pot only sits under one foot."], "remove": null, "remove_why": null, "recolor": null, "new_question": null, "drop_question": null, "about_her_move": null, "with_her": null, "loved_her_move": false, "kid_thinks": "a little tree in a pot", "kid_wants": "a long blue pot under both feet", "feelings": {"excitement": 6, "confidence": 7, "frustration": 0, "boredom": 1}, "about_the_last_piece": "The dish is lovely, but it's too small to be a pot yet.", "daydream": {"idea": "a long low caterpillar on many feet", "first_piece": "3666", "first_colour": "lime", "excitement": 4}, "request_piece": null, "catalog_ask": null, "study": false, "break_off": null, "set_down": null, "start_over": {"would": "Start with a wide low dark blue pot plate, then the arch roots on it, a crooked trunk, three pads.", "first_piece": "3020", "first_colour": "dark blue", "better_by": 3, "do_it": false, "why": "The roots-over-rock arch happened by accident. Keep it."}, "abandon": false, "abandon_why": null, "done": false, "done_why": null, "play_piece": "3710", "swap": "3001", "piece_colour": "dark blue", "go_back": null, "new_hand": false, "add_baseplate": false, "reorient": null, "bend": null, "aim": {"piece": "#1", "side": "bottom", "end": "middle"}, "want_piece": "plate", "want_on": "dark blue", "taste": "roots gripping over a hollow, one low blue pot under it all", "turn": 7, "cost": 0.22254439999999998, "pivot": false, "why_pivot": "Same tree, but the arch now reads as roots gripping over a gap. Better, and still clearly a bonsai.", "asked": ["Is anything here moving, or is it all tied up and still?", "Am I starting from the part, or from a subject I already chose?", "What does the awkward part want that a friendly one wouldn't?", "Which piece is holding the weight, and should it stay that way?", "What does the empty space want?", "Is this a gesture or a pose?", "Am I adding a piece, or adding an accessory?", "Is it done? Would one more piece make it better or worse?"]}
{"i_see": "A little bent brown tree with three green pads, wearing a big flat dark blue plate on its head like a tray lid.", "current_idea": "a root-over-rock bonsai in a low blue pot", "new_seeing": "a bonsai balancing a tray on its head", "weigh": "The tray is funny, but it squashes the crown. A bonsai's top needs air; the blue belongs below, as pot.", "keep": true, "might_be": "a root-over-rock bonsai in a low blue pot", "might_be_why": "Bent arch trunk straddling a stone, three leaf pads, a blue dish under one foot.", "next": "A long flat dark blue plate on the floor, reaching left from the small blue plate toward the brown root, so the pot runs under both.", "answers": ["The trunk bends. It looks like it's walking off the stone.", "From the part: the arch made the trunk crooked.", "The hanging leg wants a rock to grip, not a plate.", "The round root and the dish. Good, the weight stays low.", "Above the crown it wants empty sky. The blue lid steals it.", "A gesture: the trunk stepping over.", "#9 was an accessory. Taking it off.", "Not done. The pot isn't a pot yet."], "remove": "#9", "remove_why": "Blue lid flattens the crown; a bonsai's top needs sky.", "recolor": null, "new_question": null, "drop_question": null, "about_her_move": null, "with_her": null, "loved_her_move": false, "kid_thinks": "a little tree on a rock", "kid_wants": "a long blue pot under it", "feelings": {"excitement": 6, "confidence": 6, "frustration": 1, "boredom": 1}, "about_the_last_piece": "The dish as a stone under one foot is lovely; the lid on top isn't.", "daydream": {"idea": "a long low caterpillar on many feet", "first_piece": "3666", "first_colour": "lime", "excitement": 4}, "request_piece": null, "catalog_ask": null, "study": false, "break_off": null, "set_down": null, "start_over": {"would": "Long low blue pot first, then round root, arch trunk stepping onto a dish stone, three green pads.", "first_piece": "3020", "first_colour": "dark blue", "better_by": 3, "do_it": false, "why": "This trunk is already good; just lose the lid and add the pot."}, "abandon": false, "abandon_why": null, "done": false, "done_why": null, "play_piece": "3710", "swap": "3701", "piece_colour": "dark blue", "go_back": null, "new_hand": false, "add_baseplate": false, "reorient": null, "bend": null, "aim": {"piece": "#7", "side": "left", "end": "left"}, "want_piece": "plate", "want_on": "dark blue", "taste": "a crooked trunk stepping over a stone, with sky above its crown", "turn": 8, "cost": 0.2244226, "pivot": false, "why_pivot": "The tray is funny, but it squashes the crown. A bonsai's top needs air; the blue belongs below, as pot.", "asked": ["Is anything here moving, or is it all tied up and still?", "Am I starting from the part, or from a subject I already chose?", "What does the awkward part want that a friendly one wouldn't?", "Which piece is holding the weight, and should it stay that way?", "What does the empty space want?", "Is this a gesture or a pose?", "Am I adding a piece, or adding an accessory?", "Is it done? Would one more piece make it better or worse?"]}
{"i_see": "A little bent brown tree on two stubby legs, three green pads up top, one foot in a blue dish, a blue stone nearby.", "current_idea": "a root-over-rock bonsai in a low blue pot", "new_seeing": "a bonsai stepping out of its pot", "weigh": "Stepping out is funny, but the pot isn't really there yet. Pot first, then I'll see if the joke wants in.", "keep": true, "might_be": "a root-over-rock bonsai in a low blue pot", "might_be_why": "The trunk arches over like roots hugging a stone, with pads of leaves on top.", "next": "A long flat dark blue plate low on the floor, running left from the dish under the brown root, so the pot joins up.", "answers": ["The arch bends, but it's still; the pot is the thing missing.", "From the request, and the parts keep agreeing with it.", "The hanging leg wants something to stand on.", "The round brown root. Fine for now, a pot should take over.", "Under the tree it wants a wide low pot. Above, leave it open.", "A pose, for now. A bonsai can be still.", "Adding the pot. That isn't an accessory, it's half of what a bonsai is.", "Not done: no pot yet."], "remove": null, "remove_why": null, "recolor": null, "new_question": null, "drop_question": null, "about_her_move": null, "with_her": null, "loved_her_move": false, "kid_thinks": "a little tree", "kid_wants": "a long blue pot under it", "feelings": {"excitement": 6, "confidence": 6, "frustration": 1, "boredom": 1}, "about_the_last_piece": "Taking the tray lid off was right.", "daydream": {"idea": "a long low caterpillar on many feet", "first_piece": "3666", "first_colour": "lime", "excitement": 4}, "request_piece": null, "catalog_ask": null, "study": false, "break_off": null, "set_down": null, "start_over": {"would": "Start with a wide low dark blue pot plate, set the round root and arch trunk in it, then add the pads.", "first_piece": "3020", "first_colour": "dark blue", "better_by": 3, "do_it": false, "why": "The tree is already right. Only the pot needs to grow."}, "abandon": false, "abandon_why": null, "done": false, "done_why": null, "play_piece": "3710", "swap": null, "piece_colour": "dark blue", "go_back": null, "new_hand": false, "add_baseplate": false, "reorient": null, "bend": null, "aim": {"piece": "#1", "side": "bottom", "end": "middle"}, "want_piece": "plate", "want_on": "dark blue", "taste": "a little old tree whose trunk bends over like it's stepping", "turn": 9, "cost": 0.2232542, "pivot": false, "why_pivot": "Stepping out is funny, but the pot isn't really there yet. Pot first, then I'll see if the joke wants in.", "asked": ["Is anything here moving, or is it all tied up and still?", "Am I starting from the part, or from a subject I already chose?", "What does the awkward part want that a friendly one wouldn't?", "Which piece is holding the weight, and should it stay that way?", "What does the empty space want?", "Is this a gesture or a pose?", "Am I adding a piece, or adding an accessory?", "Is it done? Would one more piece make it better or worse?"]}
{"i_see": "A little bent brown tree with three green pads, one foot in a blue dish, a long blue plate running off right like a tail.", "current_idea": "a root-over-rock bonsai in a low blue pot", "new_seeing": "a bonsai in a low blue pot", "weigh": "The tree reads well already; only the pot is scattered, so I'll keep the idea and gather the pot under it.", "keep": true, "might_be": "a root-over-rock bonsai in a low blue pot", "might_be_why": "Bent trunk, layered pads, blue bits on the floor waiting to become one pot.", "next": "A small dark blue plate low on the floor, tucked under the left brown root, so the pot runs under both legs.", "answers": ["The trunk bends, so something is moving; the pot is still loose.", "From the subject: Ivy asked for a bonsai.", "The arch's crooked hollow wants to stay crooked, like old wood.", "The round root and the dish; that's fine.", "The space under the arch wants to stay open, so the rock shows.", "A gesture: the trunk leans and reaches.", "Adding: the pot is the base it stands on.", "Not done. The pot doesn't read as a pot yet."], "remove": null, "remove_why": null, "recolor": null, "new_question": null, "drop_question": null, "about_her_move": null, "with_her": null, "loved_her_move": false, "kid_thinks": "a little tree", "kid_wants": "a blue pot under the tree", "feelings": {"excitement": 6, "confidence": 6, "frustration": 1, "boredom": 1}, "about_the_last_piece": "The long blue plate shot off right like a tail. It's not quite a pot.", "daydream": {"idea": "a long low caterpillar on many feet", "first_piece": "3666", "first_colour": "lime", "excitement": 4}, "request_piece": null, "catalog_ask": null, "study": false, "break_off": null, "set_down": null, "start_over": {"would": "Start with a wide low dark blue plate as the pot, then the round root, the arch trunk, then three green pads.", "first_piece": "3020", "first_colour": "dark blue", "better_by": 3, "do_it": false, "why": "The tree itself is good; only the pot needs gathering."}, "abandon": false, "abandon_why": null, "done": false, "done_why": null, "play_piece": "3023", "swap": "3701", "piece_colour": "dark blue", "go_back": null, "new_hand": false, "add_baseplate": false, "reorient": null, "bend": null, "aim": {"piece": "#1", "side": "left", "end": "left"}, "want_piece": "plate", "want_on": "brown", "taste": "a crooked old trunk on two small feet, the hollow underneath left open", "turn": 10, "cost": 0.22445679999999998, "pivot": false, "why_pivot": "The tree reads well already; only the pot is scattered, so I'll keep the idea and gather the pot under it.", "asked": ["Is anything here moving, or is it all tied up and still?", "Am I starting from the part, or from a subject I already chose?", "What does the awkward part want that a friendly one wouldn't?", "Which piece is holding the weight, and should it stay that way?", "What does the empty space want?", "Is this a gesture or a pose?", "Am I adding a piece, or adding an accessory?", "Is it done? Would one more piece make it better or worse?"]}
{"i_see": "A little bent brown tree with three green pads, its blue pot scattered: a dish, a stray slope left, a long plate trailing right.", "current_idea": "a root-over-rock bonsai in a low blue pot", "new_seeing": "same tree; the pot wants slanted ends", "weigh": "The tree already reads. The pot is the problem. The left slope looks like a pot's slanted end, so mirror it.", "keep": true, "might_be": "a root-over-rock bonsai in a low blue pot", "might_be_why": "A bent trunk, three cloud pads, one foot on a stone: it's a bonsai once the pot holds together.", "next": "A dark blue 2x1 slope on the floor, right of the dish, facing out to mirror the left slope as the pot's other end.", "answers": ["The trunk leans and one foot steps onto the stone. That's movement. The pot is still loose.", "From the subject, but the accidents shaped it: the arch made it root-over-rock.", "The arch's hanging leg wants a stone to grip, and the dish is already that stone.", "The round root and the dish both hold it. That's fine.", "Low and wide under the tree, then nothing. A bonsai needs air around it.", "A gesture: the tree is stepping onto its rock.", "The long plate was an accessory. It's a tail, not a pot.", "Not done. The pot doesn't read as a pot yet."], "remove": "#10", "remove_why": "Long plate trails off like a tail, not a pot.", "recolor": null, "new_question": null, "drop_question": null, "about_her_move": null, "with_her": null, "loved_her_move": false, "kid_thinks": "a little tree in a pot", "kid_wants": "a blue slope on the right side", "feelings": {"excitement": 6, "confidence": 6, "frustration": 1, "boredom": 1}, "about_the_last_piece": "The long plate was wrong. It reads as a tail.", "daydream": {"idea": "a long low caterpillar on many feet", "first_piece": "3666", "first_colour": "lime", "excitement": 4}, "request_piece": null, "catalog_ask": null, "study": false, "break_off": null, "set_down": null, "start_over": {"would": "Lay a low blue pot first, with slanted ends, then the round root and the arch trunk straddling the dish stone.", "first_piece": "3039", "first_colour": "dark blue", "better_by": 3, "do_it": false, "why": "The tree reads already. Only the pot needs fixing."}, "abandon": false, "abandon_why": "", "done": false, "done_why": "", "play_piece": "3040b", "swap": null, "piece_colour": "dark blue", "go_back": null, "new_hand": false, "add_baseplate": false, "reorient": null, "bend": null, "aim": {"piece": "#8", "side": "right", "end": "right"}, "want_piece": "slope", "want_on": "dark blue", "taste": "a little tree stepping onto its stone, the pot's two slanted ends holding it", "turn": 11, "cost": 0.23133800000000002, "pivot": false, "why_pivot": "The tree already reads. The pot is the problem. The left slope looks like a pot's slanted end, so mirror it.", "asked": ["Is anything here moving, or is it all tied up and still?", "Am I starting from the part, or from a subject I already chose?", "What does the awkward part want that a friendly one wouldn't?", "Which piece is holding the weight, and should it stay that way?", "What does the empty space want?", "Is this a gesture or a pose?", "Am I adding a piece, or adding an accessory?", "Is it done? Would one more piece make it better or worse?"]}
{"i_see": "A small bent brown tree with three green pads, its blue pot scattered on the floor in loose bits around its feet.", "current_idea": "a root-over-rock bonsai in a low blue pot", "new_seeing": "a bonsai that starts from its pot", "weigh": "The tree is good, but the pot came last and never joined up; a bonsai is its pot.", "keep": true, "might_be": "a bonsai tree in a round blue pot", "might_be_why": "Crooked trunk and flat pads already read as bonsai; only the pot fails.", "next": "A dark blue round 2x2 brick on the floor as the pot, then the brown trunk leaning out of it.", "answers": ["The trunk leans; the pot is just scattered, not moving.", "From the subject. The pot was an afterthought.", "The crooked arch wants a pot to lean out of.", "The brown root holds it; the pot should.", "Space around the pot should stay clean and empty.", "The lean is a gesture; the scattered pot is noise.", "The plates were accessories trying to be a pot.", "Worse. It needs a rebuild from the pot up."], "remove": null, "remove_why": null, "recolor": null, "new_question": null, "drop_question": null, "about_her_move": null, "with_her": null, "loved_her_move": false, "kid_thinks": "a little tree, messy pot", "kid_wants": "a round blue pot first", "feelings": {"excitement": 6, "confidence": 5, "frustration": 3, "boredom": 2}, "about_the_last_piece": "The small plate under the long one just made the pot messier.", "daydream": {"idea": "a long low caterpillar on many feet", "first_piece": "3666", "first_colour": "lime", "excitement": 4}, "request_piece": null, "catalog_ask": null, "study": false, "break_off": null, "set_down": null, "start_over": {"would": "Dark blue round 2x2 brick as the pot first, brown trunk leaning out of it, green pads last, small.", "first_piece": "3941", "first_colour": "dark blue", "better_by": 6, "do_it": true, "why": "Start where it stands: the pot. Pot pieces never joined up."}, "abandon": false, "abandon_why": null, "done": false, "done_why": null, "play_piece": "3941", "swap": null, "piece_colour": "dark blue", "go_back": null, "new_hand": false, "add_baseplate": false, "reorient": null, "bend": null, "aim": {"piece": "#1", "side": "bottom", "end": "middle"}, "want_piece": "round", "want_on": "any", "taste": "a crooked trunk leaning out of one small round pot", "turn": 12, "cost": 0.22966519999999999, "pivot": false, "why_pivot": "The tree is good, but the pot came last and never joined up; a bonsai is its pot.", "asked": ["Is anything here moving, or is it all tied up and still?", "Am I starting from the part, or from a subject I already chose?", "What does the awkward part want that a friendly one wouldn't?", "Which piece is holding the weight, and should it stay that way?", "What does the empty space want?", "Is this a gesture or a pose?", "Am I adding a piece, or adding an accessory?", "Is it done? Would one more piece make it better or worse?"]}