Symbolic Pastel Abstraction
Spiral of Becoming
Logarithmic spiral slowly rotates and breathes while pastel nodes pulse with radial glows along its arm — generative geometry in symbolic-abstract's theosophical idiom.
canvasmedium complexitysubtle motion
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When to use it
Ambient hero backgrounds, spiritual or art-themed UIs, generative art galleries, loading screens needing calm motion.
When not to
Light-background UIs clashing with the warm linen (#ece4d4) background. Contexts requiring legible text over the center.
Working with an AI agent
Every component ships agent-ready metadata. An example instruction for this one:
Change PASTELS to warm earth tones (['#d4a96a','#c47c5a','#e8d4a0','#b07840','#d4b896']), slow rotation by setting rot=t*0.10, increase turns to 6. Theme: dark tokens live in :root, the light variant in :root[data-theme="light"]; ?theme=light or a {type:'forever:theme'} postMessage switches at runtime.
Safe to edit
- pastel node colors (PASTELS array)
- spiral turn count (turns=4.4)
- rotation speed (t*0.25 in rot)
- growth breathing speed (t*0.45)
- node spacing along spiral (th+=0.55)
- theme tokens (:root dark defaults + [data-theme=light] overrides)
Keep intact
- DPR-aware fitCanvas sizing
- IIFE wrapper
- prefers-reduced-motion guard (REDUCED)
- visibilitychange stop/start
- theme hook (?theme= bootstrap + forever:theme message listener + theme tokens)
Known limitations
- Background color hardcoded in CSS (#ece4d4) — must edit to change from warm linen
- No pointer interactivity wired
- Spiral growth breathing may feel slow before sine completes first cycle
More Symbolic Pastel Abstraction components
- The DualityTwo concentric ring systems — rose and blue — slowly breathe apart and together; a golden vesica glows where they overlap, with a center dot marking the axis.
- Swan DualityTwo organic forms — cream and ink — orbit a shared center with wobbling silhouettes and a rose radial glow, evoking symbolic-abstract's Swan duality…
- Pendulum DiagramA harmonograph rosette draws itself stroke by stroke in pastel hues, fades, then reseeds with new frequencies — evoking symbolic-abstract automatic diagrams.
- Atom SeriesThree pastel atom diagrams — concentric rings, orbiting dots, center glyphs — connected by a faint triangle. After symbolic-abstract's atom studies.
- The SeriesFive SVG diagrams — spiral, nested ovals, petals, vesica piscis, concentric circles — cross-fade on a 3.4s loop with dot indicators, in pastel…
- Tree of KnowledgeSymmetric binary tree of pastel circles and inked branches grows upward via stroke-draw and pop-in animations, then redraws on a 9-second loop.