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furniture rendered in characters · the room behind this room

                              ____
                          ___/    \___
                       __/            \__
                      |   __        __   |
                      |  |  |      |  |  |
                      |  |__|      |__|  |
                      |        ()        |
                      |  _____________   |
                      |  \           /   |
                      |   \_________/    |
                      |__________________|
                            ||      ||
                            ||      ||
                          __||______||__
                         /______________\

FIG. 01 — a small dwelling. → interior

                .          .   *      .
       .              *           .       *      .
                .         _____         .
            *          ,'       `.            *
                      /     o     \      .
              .       |    ,---.   |
                       \   `---'  /            .
                .       `._____.'        *
                            |
                            |             *
                  *      .      .      .        .

FIG. 02 — a moon, hung at a wrong angle. → moon

          _______________________________________
         |          |          |          |       |
         |   I      |   II     |   III    |  IV   |
         |__________|__________|__________|_______|
         |          |          |          |       |
         |   V      |   VI     |   VII    |  VIII |
         |__________|__________|__________|_______|
         |          |          |          |       |
         |   IX     |   X      |   XI     |  XII  |
         |__________|__________|__________|_______|
         |          |          |          |       |
         |  XIII    |   XIV    |   XV     |  XVI  |
         |__________|__________|__________|_______|

FIG. 03 — a cabinet. each drawer a small room.
I → memory · II → forget · III → library · IV → ritual
V → word · VI → number · VII → silence · VIII → noise
IX → circle · X → lost · XI → stairs · XII → basement
XIII → eye · XIV → mirror · XV → dream · XVI → naturata

                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                     ~~                       ~~
                    ~                            ~
                   ~     ~~        ~~     ~~       ~
                  ~   ~~     ~~  ~        ~  ~~     ~
                  ~                                 ~
                   ~                               ~
                    ~~                          ~~
                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                                |
                                |
                               .|.

FIG. 04 — a small body of water. → the well · a dream of being underwater

              ╔═════════════════════════════════════╗
              ║                                     ║
              ║      no   ·   meta                  ║
              ║                                     ║
              ║      a labyrinth of forty rooms.    ║
              ║      probably more.                 ║
              ║                                     ║
              ║      [ enter ] [ leave ] [ stay ]   ║
              ║                                     ║
              ╚═════════════════════════════════════╝

FIG. 05 — a sign over the door. → enter · leave · stay

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