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{"i_see": "A long orange beam lying flat, with a dark grey round button sitting on its middle like a hub.", "current_idea": "self portrait: a beam swinging on one pin", "new_seeing": "a seesaw waiting for its pivot", "weigh": "Same idea really. The grey hub is in the pin's place, so it should move to one end and tip it.", "keep": true, "might_be": "self portrait: a beam balancing on one pin", "might_be_why": "Pin: the thing that balances on one point and swings on one pin.", "next": "A small Technic brick with a hole, tucked under the middle of the orange beam, lifting it off the ground.", "answers": ["Not yet. It's lying down. It needs a point to swing on.", "From the subject, but it's my name, so that's fair.", "The beam wants to tip. Let it.", "The ground holds it now. It should be one small post.", "Under both ends, so the swing can show.", "Pose so far. The tilt will make it a gesture.", "The grey round is the weight that tips it, not decoration.", "No. It has no pivot yet."], "remove": null, "remove_why": null, "recolor": null, "new_question": "Does it balance on one point?", "drop_question": null, "about_her_move": null, "with_her": null, "loved_her_move": false, "kid_thinks": "an orange seesaw", "kid_wants": "a little post under the middle", "feelings": {"excitement": 7, "confidence": 5, "frustration": 0, "boredom": 1}, "about_the_last_piece": "The grey round sat in the middle like it thought it was the pin. It isn't.", "daydream": {"idea": "a wide low tide pool full of small things", "first_piece": "3867", "first_colour": "blue", "excitement": 4}, "hot_take": null, "hot_add": null, "hot_drop": null, "dig": null, "wish_shape": "a small Technic pin with a stud on one end, so a beam can swing on top of a brick post", "catalog_ask": null, "study": false, "move": [{"piece": "#2", "to": {"piece": "#1", "side": "top", "end": "right"}}], "break_off": null, "set_down": null, "start_over": {"would": "Technic brick post first on the ground, pin in its hole, beam hung on the pin, one weight on an end.", "first_piece": "3702", "first_colour": "dark grey", "better_by": 3, "do_it": false, "why": "Two pieces in; building under the beam gets the same thing."}, "abandon": false, "abandon_why": null, "done": false, "done_why": null, "grab": [], "drop": [], "play_piece": "3700", "piece_colour": "dark grey", "go_back": null, "add_baseplate": false, "reorient": null, "bend": null, "plan": {"scale": "7 wide x 2 deep x 3 bricks tall", "symmetry": "The beam is symmetric about its middle, except one tiny weight on the right end that tips it.", "depth": "Beam in front, pin through its middle, post just behind and under the pin.", "steps": [{"part": "beam", "pieces": "Technic Beam 7, orange", "size": "7 long", "at": "top, swinging", "joins": "pin through middle hole", "done": true}, {"part": "post", "pieces": "Technic brick 1x2 with hole, dark grey", "size": "1 brick tall, then more", "at": "under the beam's middle", "joins": "under the beam, then a pin through", "done": false}, {"part": "pin", "pieces": "Technic pin 2780", "size": "2 long", "at": "middle hole of beam into the post", "joins": "pin", "done": false}, {"part": "foot", "pieces": "small plate", "size": "2x2", "at": "under the post", "joins": "studs", "done": false}, {"part": "tilt", "pieces": "grey 1x1 round plate", "size": "one stud", "at": "right end of beam", "joins": "on top", "done": false}], "now": "post"}, "aim": {"piece": "#1", "side": "bottom", "end": "middle"}, "want_piece": "brick", "want_on": "orange", "taste": "one long thing about to tip on a single small point", "turn": 1, "cost": 0.243641, "pivot": false, "why_pivot": "Same idea really. The grey hub is in the pin's place, so it should move to one end and tip 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?"]}
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{"i_see": "An orange beam lying on the ground, a grey button on its far end, a grey Technic brick standing alone behind it.", "current_idea": "self portrait: a beam swinging on one pin", "new_seeing": "same: the pin I'm named for", "weigh": "Still love it; the portrait is the pin itself, and the pin isn't on yet.", "keep": true, "might_be": "self portrait: a beam balanced on one pin", "might_be_why": "Pin: the thing that balances on one point and swings on one pin.", "next": "A small black Technic pin pushed into the front hole of the grey brick, sticking out toward me.", "answers": ["Nothing moves yet; the beam lies flat.", "From a subject, but it's my own name.", "The awkward weight wants the tilt to be real.", "The ground holds it; the pin should.", "Room under the beam so it can swing.", "A pose until it hangs.", "Adding the one piece that matters.", "Not done."], "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 seesaw not built yet", "kid_wants": "a black pin in the grey brick", "feelings": {"excitement": 7, "confidence": 5, "frustration": 2, "boredom": 1}, "about_the_last_piece": "The brick is waiting; I want to give it the pin.", "daydream": {"idea": "a wide low tide pool full of small things", "first_piece": "3867", "first_colour": "blue", "excitement": 4}, "hot_take": null, "hot_add": null, "hot_drop": null, "dig": null, "wish_shape": "a small Technic pin with a stud on one end, so a beam can swing on top of a brick post", "catalog_ask": null, "study": false, "move": [], "break_off": null, "set_down": null, "start_over": {"would": "Grey Technic brick first, pin in its hole, orange beam hung by its middle hole, one weight tipping it.", "first_piece": "3001", "first_colour": "dark grey", "better_by": 2, "do_it": false, "why": "Brick already stands; just add the pin."}, "abandon": false, "abandon_why": "", "done": false, "done_why": "", "grab": [], "drop": [], "play_piece": "2780", "piece_colour": "dark grey", "go_back": null, "add_baseplate": false, "reorient": null, "bend": null, "plan": {"scale": "7 wide x 2 deep x 3 bricks tall", "symmetry": "Beam symmetric about its middle hole, except one small weight on the right end that tips it.", "depth": "Post at the back, pin sticking forward out of its hole, beam in front hung on the pin.", "steps": [{"part": "beam", "pieces": "Technic Beam 7, orange", "size": "7 long", "at": "front, swinging", "joins": "pin through middle hole", "done": true}, {"part": "post", "pieces": "Technic brick 1x2 with hole, dark grey", "size": "1 brick tall", "at": "behind the beam's middle", "joins": "clutched to baseplate", "done": true}, {"part": "pin", "pieces": "Technic pin 2780", "size": "2 long", "at": "out of the post's hole, forward", "joins": "pin", "done": false}, {"part": "hang beam", "pieces": "move orange beam", "size": "7 long", "at": "middle hole onto the pin", "joins": "pin, so it can swing", "done": false}, {"part": "tilt", "pieces": "grey 1x1 round plate", "size": "one stud", "at": "right end of beam", "joins": "on top", "done": true}], "now": "pin"}, "aim": {"piece": "#3", "side": "front", "end": "middle"}, "want_piece": "small", "want_on": "dark grey", "taste": "one long thing about to balance on one tiny pin", "turn": 3, "cost": 0.241306, "pivot": false, "why_pivot": "Still love it; the portrait is the pin itself, and the pin isn't on yet.", "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 dark grey brick lying across the orange beam like a cross, a grey button at each end, and a little grey block standing apart.", "current_idea": "self portrait: a beam balanced on one pin", "new_seeing": "two bars crossing at one pin, like scissors", "weigh": "The crossing is an accident I like: two bars meeting at one point is a pin's whole job, so it's still my portrait.", "keep": true, "might_be": "self portrait: two bars crossed on one pin", "might_be_why": "A pin's whole life is one point where two things meet and swing.", "next": "A small black pin pushed into the middle front hole of the long grey brick, sticking toward me, right where the bars cross.", "answers": ["Nothing moves yet; it's all lying flat.", "From the part: the crossing showed up by accident.", "It wants to tilt, not sit square.", "The orange beam is holding the grey bar; really a pin should.", "Room around the crossing, so the swing is visible.", "A pose for now. It needs the pin before it can swing.", "Adding the pin is the subject, not an accessory.", "Not done. The pin is missing."], "remove": null, "remove_why": null, "recolor": null, "new_question": "Where is the one point everything turns on?", "drop_question": null, "about_her_move": null, "with_her": null, "loved_her_move": false, "kid_thinks": "two sticks making a cross", "kid_wants": "a little black pin in the middle", "feelings": {"excitement": 7, "confidence": 5, "frustration": 2, "boredom": 1}, "about_the_last_piece": "The grey bar landing across the beam surprised me in a good way.", "daydream": {"idea": "a wide low tide pool full of small things", "first_piece": "3867", "first_colour": "blue", "excitement": 4}, "hot_take": null, "hot_add": null, "hot_drop": null, "dig": null, "wish_shape": "a small Technic pin with a stud on one end, so a beam can swing on top of a brick post", "catalog_ask": null, "study": false, "move": [], "break_off": null, "set_down": null, "start_over": {"would": "Long grey bar standing upright, orange beam pinned across its top by its middle hole, tipped by one grey button.", "first_piece": "32524", "first_colour": "orange", "better_by": 3, "do_it": false, "why": "The cross is already here; it just needs its pin."}, "abandon": false, "abandon_why": null, "done": false, "done_why": null, "grab": [], "drop": [], "play_piece": "2780", "piece_colour": "dark grey", "go_back": null, "add_baseplate": false, "reorient": null, "bend": null, "plan": {"scale": "7 wide x 6 deep x 2 bricks tall", "symmetry": "Two bars crossing at their middles; one grey button on the orange end tips it off balance.", "depth": "Grey 1x6 on top, crossing the orange beam beneath; pin through the crossing point.", "steps": [{"part": "beam", "pieces": "Technic Beam 7, orange", "size": "7 long", "at": "bottom, front to back", "joins": "on ground", "done": true}, {"part": "crossbar", "pieces": "Technic Brick 1x6, dark grey", "size": "6 long", "at": "across the beam", "joins": "studs", "done": true}, {"part": "pin", "pieces": "Technic pin 2780", "size": "2 long", "at": "middle of grey bar's front holes, at the crossing", "joins": "pin", "done": false}, {"part": "tilt", "pieces": "grey 1x1 round plates", "size": "one stud", "at": "beam ends", "joins": "on top", "done": true}, {"part": "post", "pieces": "Technic brick 1x2 with hole", "size": "1 brick", "at": "decide: lift the crossing or take away", "joins": "under", "done": false}], "now": "pin"}, "aim": {"piece": "#5", "side": "front", "end": "middle"}, "want_piece": "small", "want_on": "dark grey", "taste": "two bars meeting at one point, ready to swing", "turn": 4, "cost": 0.2480368, "pivot": false, "why_pivot": "The crossing is an accident I like: two bars meeting at one point is a pin's whole job, so it's still my portrait.", "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": "Two long grey bricks lying across an orange beam, with a dark pin already pushed into the middle hole of the front brick.", "current_idea": "self portrait: a beam balanced on one pin", "new_seeing": "the grey bricks are a wall; the pin is waiting for a beam", "weigh": "Same idea, clearer now: the grey is just the wall. The portrait is an orange beam hanging off that one pin.", "keep": true, "might_be": "self portrait: an orange beam balancing on one pin", "might_be_why": "My name is Pin: things that balance on one point and swing on one pin.", "next": "A long orange Technic beam hung by its middle hole on the pin in front of the grey brick, crossing it at a tilt.", "answers": ["Not yet. Once the beam is on the pin it can swing.", "From the subject, my name, but the pin being there is a happy accident.", "It wants to hang crooked, not level.", "The flat orange beam underneath. The pin should be doing that job.", "Room in front of the wall for the beam to swing.", "A pose for now. It turns into a gesture once it tilts.", "Adding the subject itself.", "No. It needs the swinging beam."], "remove": null, "remove_why": null, "recolor": null, "new_question": "Could this piece swing, and is it swinging?", "drop_question": "What does the awkward part want that a friendly one wouldn't?", "about_her_move": null, "with_her": null, "loved_her_move": false, "kid_thinks": "a stick on a pin", "kid_wants": "orange stick hanging on the grey pin", "feelings": {"excitement": 7, "confidence": 5, "frustration": 2, "boredom": 1}, "about_the_last_piece": "The pin finally showed up, right in the middle. That's a relief.", "daydream": {"idea": "a wide low tide pool full of small things", "first_piece": "3867", "first_colour": "blue", "excitement": 4}, "hot_take": null, "hot_add": null, "hot_drop": null, "dig": "a Technic Beam 7, thin liftarm with seven holes", "wish_shape": "Technic Pin with Stud (part 4274-style 1/2 pin with a stud on top): half a pin goes into a beam hole, and a stud on the other end goes into a brick socket, so a beam can swing on top of a brick post", "catalog_ask": null, "study": false, "move": [], "break_off": null, "set_down": null, "start_over": {"would": "A grey brick post on the ground, one pin in it, one orange beam hung on the pin and tipped crooked. Nothing else.", "first_piece": "3702", "first_colour": "dark grey", "better_by": 3, "do_it": false, "why": "The wall and the pin are already here. Hang the beam first."}, "abandon": false, "abandon_why": null, "done": false, "done_why": null, "grab": ["32524"], "drop": [], "play_piece": "32524", "piece_colour": "orange", "go_back": null, "add_baseplate": false, "reorient": null, "bend": null, "plan": {"scale": "8 wide x 6 deep x 2 bricks tall", "symmetry": "None on purpose. One beam balanced on one pin, tipped a bit.", "depth": "Grey bricks at the back like a wall, the pin sticking forward, the orange beam swinging in front.", "steps": [{"part": "wall", "pieces": "grey Technic bricks 1x8, 1x6 on the orange base beam", "size": "8 long, 1 brick", "at": "back", "joins": "studs", "done": true}, {"part": "pin", "pieces": "Technic pin", "size": "2 long", "at": "middle front hole of the grey 1x8", "joins": "pin", "done": true}, {"part": "swinging beam", "pieces": "Technic Beam 7, orange", "size": "7 long", "at": "hung by its middle hole on the pin, in front", "joins": "pin hinge", "done": false}, {"part": "tilt", "pieces": "bend the hinge", "size": "about 20 degrees", "at": "the swinging beam", "joins": "hinge", "done": false}, {"part": "counterweight", "pieces": "one grey 1x1 round plate", "size": "one stud", "at": "one end of the swinging beam", "joins": "studs or pin", "done": false}], "now": "swinging beam"}, "aim": {"piece": "#6", "side": "front", "end": "middle"}, "want_piece": "beam", "want_on": "dark grey", "taste": "one warm orange bar hanging off one small dark pin", "turn": 5, "cost": 0.25566920000000004, "pivot": false, "why_pivot": "Same idea, clearer now: the grey is just the wall. The portrait is an orange beam hanging off that one pin.", "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": "Grey Technic walls crossing a long orange beam, with a short orange arm swung out flat on a pin at the back.", "current_idea": "self portrait: an orange beam balancing on one pin", "new_seeing": "a pin with arms swinging off it", "weigh": "The swung arm at the back already shows what I mean, a thing turning on one point. Same idea, just found in a different spot.", "keep": true, "might_be": "self portrait: a beam swinging on one pin", "might_be_why": "My name is the pin things swing on. The orange arms are me, mid-swing.", "next": "A long orange beam hung by its middle on the black pin in front of the grey brick, tilted, reaching left and right.", "answers": ["The back arm can swing, but it sits square. It should lean.", "From the subject: me as a pin.", "The grey bricks. That's right, they're the wall the pin lives in.", "Open air in front of the pin, for the swing.", "Still a pose. The tilt makes it a gesture.", "Adding the main piece.", "Not done. The central swing is missing.", "Yes, #7 can, so I'm bending it off square."], "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 stick that swings", "kid_wants": "a long orange stick on the pin", "feelings": {"excitement": 7, "confidence": 5, "frustration": 2, "boredom": 1}, "about_the_last_piece": "I like that the little arm landed on a real hinge.", "daydream": {"idea": "a wide low tide pool full of small things", "first_piece": "3867", "first_colour": "blue", "excitement": 4}, "hot_take": null, "hot_add": null, "hot_drop": null, "dig": null, "wish_shape": "Technic Pin with Stud: a half pin goes into a beam hole and a stud on top fits a brick socket, so a beam can swing on top of a brick post", "catalog_ask": null, "study": false, "move": [], "break_off": null, "set_down": null, "start_over": {"would": "One grey Technic brick standing up, one pin out the front, one orange beam hung tilted on it. Nothing else.", "first_piece": "3702", "first_colour": "dark grey", "better_by": 3, "do_it": false, "why": "The pin is already in. Hang the beam first."}, "abandon": false, "abandon_why": "", "done": false, "done_why": "", "grab": [], "drop": [], "play_piece": "32524", "piece_colour": "orange", "go_back": null, "add_baseplate": false, "reorient": null, "bend": {"piece": "#7", "to": -35}, "plan": {"scale": "8 wide x 6 deep x 2 bricks tall", "symmetry": "None on purpose. One beam balanced on one pin, tipped a bit.", "depth": "Grey bricks at the back like a wall, the pin sticking forward, the orange beam swinging in front.", "steps": [{"part": "wall", "pieces": "grey Technic bricks 1x8 and 1x6 on the orange base beam", "size": "8 long, 1 brick", "at": "back", "joins": "studs", "done": true}, {"part": "pin", "pieces": "Technic pin", "size": "2 long", "at": "middle front hole of the grey 1x8", "joins": "pin", "done": true}, {"part": "swinging beam", "pieces": "orange Technic Beam 7", "size": "7 long", "at": "hung by its middle hole on the pin, in front", "joins": "pin hinge", "done": false}, {"part": "tilt", "pieces": "bend the hinges", "size": "about 20-35 degrees", "at": "the swinging beams", "joins": "hinge", "done": false}, {"part": "counterweight", "pieces": "one grey 1x1 round plate", "size": "one stud", "at": "one end of the swinging beam", "joins": "studs or pin", "done": false}], "now": "swinging beam"}, "aim": {"piece": "#6", "side": "front", "end": "middle"}, "want_piece": "beam", "want_on": "dark grey", "taste": "one long thing tipped on a single small pin", "turn": 6, "cost": 0.2545682, "pivot": false, "why_pivot": "The swung arm at the back already shows what I mean, a thing turning on one point. Same idea, just found in a different spot.", "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?", "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?", "Could this piece swing, and is it swinging?"]}