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Playful Geometric Notation

Twittering Contraption

Four Bauhaus-style wire birds bob on a horizontal wire and chirp musical notes while a hand-crank below spins. Inspired by Bauhaus's 1922 painting.

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When to use it

Art/creative portfolio backgrounds, generative-art showcases, ambient decorative tiles with a whimsical mechanical theme.

When not to

Light-theme UIs — background is hardcoded dark #23201b and won't adapt. Contexts needing interactivity.

Working with an AI agent

Every component ships agent-ready metadata. An example instruction for this one:

Increase bird count to 6 by changing N=4 to N=6, and slow the crank rotation from 4s to 8s in the kle06-spin animation. 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

  • bird count (N=4)
  • color palette (HUES array)
  • bob speed per bird (1.6+i*0.4 seconds)
  • crank spin duration (4s in kle06-spin)
  • wire vertical position (top:30%)
  • theme tokens (:root dark defaults + [data-theme=light] overrides)

Keep intact

  • IIFE wrapper
  • prefers-reduced-motion guard (REDUCED check)
  • aria-label on scene div for accessibility
  • theme hook (?theme= bootstrap + forever:theme message listener + theme tokens)

Known limitations

  • Background color hardcoded to dark #23201b — must edit CSS to change
  • Bird positions are evenly spaced by formula; uneven layouts require manual overrides

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