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Reading of a Dry Cistern, generative plate from seed 74750898Forty-six bands stacked from the top down, each one a closed shape lying between two sine curves of differing amplitude, frequency and phase. The bands overlap, because each advances the cursor by only 62% of its own height. About one band in six is filled in an accent at higher opacity than the rest; the stack stops early if it runs past the bottom edge. This plate is seed 74750898 in the Akamas Thyme palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

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Reading of a Dry Cistern

It was not made for you, or for anyone, or on purpose. Looking longer will not change it, though it may change you.

No author. Drawn by the strata system from seed 74750898.

Medium
Generative plate, deterministic SVG rendered from a 32-bit seed
Dimensions
800 × 800 units, resolution-independent
System
strata
Palette
Akamas Thyme
Seed
74750898
Added
3 October 2026
Rights
© 2026 artcyp.com

Forty-six bands stacked from the top down, each one a closed shape lying between two sine curves of differing amplitude, frequency and phase. The bands overlap, because each advances the cursor by only 62% of its own height. About one band in six is filled in an accent at higher opacity than the rest; the stack stops early if it runs past the bottom edge. This plate is seed 74750898 in the Akamas Thyme palette.

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Same palette, same system

Study for Akamas, generative plate from seed 938320690Forty-six bands stacked from the top down, each one a closed shape lying between two sine curves of differing amplitude, frequency and phase. The bands overlap, because each advances the cursor by only 62% of its own height. About one band in six is filled in an accent at higher opacity than the rest; the stack stops early if it runs past the bottom edge. This plate is seed 938320690 in the Salt Lake palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Study for Akamas

The system has no preferences. It has parameters.

Second a Dropped Frame, generative plate from seed 872590338Forty-six bands stacked from the top down, each one a closed shape lying between two sine curves of differing amplitude, frequency and phase. The bands overlap, because each advances the cursor by only 62% of its own height. About one band in six is filled in an accent at higher opacity than the rest; the stack stops early if it runs past the bottom edge. This plate is seed 872590338 in the Akamas Thyme palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Second a Dropped Frame

It was not composed so much as permitted.

Reading of Standing Water, generative plate from seed 1254996551Forty-six bands stacked from the top down, each one a closed shape lying between two sine curves of differing amplitude, frequency and phase. The bands overlap, because each advances the cursor by only 62% of its own height. About one band in six is filled in an accent at higher opacity than the rest; the stack stops early if it runs past the bottom edge. This plate is seed 1254996551 in the Kyrenia Blue palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Reading of Standing Water

It has been drawn thousands of times and has never once varied.