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Symbolic Pastel Abstraction

Tree of Knowledge

Symmetric binary tree of pastel circles and inked branches grows upward via stroke-draw and pop-in animations, then redraws on a 9-second loop.

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When to use it

Ambient hero backgrounds, spiritual/botanical themes, data-tree concepts, or any context evoking growth and symmetry.

When not to

Contexts requiring interactivity or user-driven state — tree is fully autonomous with no input hooks.

Working with an AI agent

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

Change PASTELS array to warm terracotta tones and slow the redraw interval from 9000 to 14000ms. 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

  • PASTELS color array (5 entries)
  • branch spread angle (0.42 - depth*0.03)
  • root branch length (140)
  • redraw interval (9000ms)
  • draw-in pacing (0.22 s per depth; whole tree by ~1.5 s)
  • depth limit (depth >= 4)
  • theme tokens (:root dark defaults + [data-theme=light] overrides)

Keep intact

  • IIFE wrapper
  • prefers-reduced-motion guard (REDUCED constant + CSS @media rule)
  • visibilitychange pause/resume pattern
  • theme hook (?theme= bootstrap + forever:theme message listener + theme tokens)

Known limitations

  • Tree structure is fixed at compile time — no variation between redraw cycles
  • Redraw clears and rebuilds all SVG DOM nodes every 9s

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