
Coach Brain's hand tilting, the ribbed tracksuit cuff at the wrist, the painted gold key sliding head down across the opening fingers.
SECOND OF THREE: OFFERING, TURNING, LETTING GO. THE GOLD LANDED HERE AND THE METHOD IS RECORDED. Two earlier attempts came back in pencil because every sentence described a pencil drawing and one sentence asked for colour, so the drawing won. The prompt that worked names the two materials as separate things, calls the key PAINTED rather than coloured, gives three tones instead of one, states the contrast as the point of the picture, and puts all of it first rather than last. See modules/imgtoimg.md.
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A rejected take is not rubbish. Some were rejected for one thing only, an aspect ratio or a colour, and are the better drawing otherwise. They are here so a later session can see what was tried before trying it again.
Phase. Phase 14 of 15, HE CATCHES IT.
Hero’s journey. RESURRECTION. His hand closes on a real object and the change is proved.
Element. THE HAND, closing. The most complete sentence a film can make without words.
THE BRAIN BRAKE
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