PROTOCOL BRIEF:MOTTAINAI [Preservation]
Subject: Narrative Damping / Component Retirement Input: High-tensile, sharp-edge thoughts (Needles). Substrate: Non-reactive, soft-damping medium (Tofu).
Mechanism: The day’s operations are high-friction. Your thoughts are the Needles—hard-working, high-tensile steel that has spent the last 14 hours piercing through tough fabric and complex problems. By the end of the shift, these needles are hot, sharp, and potentially damaging to the system if left loose.
Mottainai [moht-tie-nye] is the refusal to let that value go to waste through careless disposal. We do not "throw away" thoughts; we honor their utility by granting them Harikuyo [hah-ree-koo-yoh]—the memorial service for needles.
The Move: You don't fight the sharpness of a thought; you change its environment. You take the high-friction "Needle" and press it into the Tofu. The tofu acts as a sensory baffle—it is soft, unyielding, and completely neutral.
Woody 2/23/26
Listen to this in the evenings, when you lie down to go to sleep for the next two or three days - WhatsApp, text me the results.
Woody 2/23/26
Listen to this in the morning, when you get up before you do anything.
When you first open your eyes, it's like three -four minutes long for the next two or three days - WhatsApp, text me the results.
Woody 1/12/26
Listen to this first thing in the morning for the next two or three days - WhatsApp, text me the results.
Woody 1/20/26
Use this when you have time to kill and your mind is starting to race.
You can pick one of the four types of stories and an amount of time and have it be random.
Or, if you look at the interface, you can enter either of the types of subject matter or information that you see there, and it'll build a story around that.
Give this a try. This is now a way to weaponize your weight with novel stories.
Woody 2/9/26
Listen to this in the evenings, when you lie down to go to sleep for the next two or three days - WhatsApp, text me the results.
PROTOCOL BRIEF: IRO [Novelty]
Subject: Increasing Sensor Resolution Operator, boredom is just low-resolution data. Iro (Color) is not decoration; it is a coordinate system for time . By upgrading your sensors to see the layers (Kasane) , you ensure the system never loops on the same input twice.
Watch for the concept of "Endless Novelty thru color" .
Woody 2/9/26
Listen to this in the evenings, when you lie down to go to sleep for the next two or three days - WhatsApp, text me the results.
PROTOCOL BRIEF: KINTSUGI [Resilience]
Subject: Structural Reinforcement Kintsugi is not repair; it is a hardware upgrade. The secret is not the gold, but the Muro—the silent, dark curing chamber where the bond hardens . You are not hiding; you are curing. Watch for the process of the Urushi lacquer
Woody 2/9/26
Listen to this in the evenings, when you lie down to go to sleep for the next two or three days - WhatsApp, text me the results.
PROTOCOL BRIEF: KOMOREBI [Filtration]
Subject: Input Modulation The sun is high-voltage input. Komorebi is the baffle system that modulates it. Leaves act as pinhole cameras, turning harsh beams into soft geometry . You don't block the signal; you diffuse it. Watch for the "Interplay" of light
Woody 2/9/26
Listen to this in the evenings, when you lie down to go to sleep for the next two or three days - WhatsApp, text me the results.
Woody 2/15/26
Listen to this in the evenings, when you lie down to go to sleep for the next two or three days - WhatsApp, text me the results.
