WORD MAP

same words — four different geometries — x · y · color each driven by a different axis

alone ←── social ──→ together grief ←── tone ──→ joy stone fog cathedral feather knife honey wolf dove river fire shadow mirror threshold ancestor orphan seed ash tide hunger sleep birth death forest desert wound grief joy alone together silence bread gold rust silk bone blood morning ruin sacred exile mother child war prayer winter bloom SEMANTIC Where a word lives in meaning-space — social, emotional, temporal color: commonality (rare → common)
ice ←── temperature ──→ fever silk ←── texture ──→ gravel stone fog cathedral feather knife honey wolf dove river fire shadow mirror threshold ancestor orphan seed ash tide hunger sleep birth death forest desert wound grief joy alone together silence bread gold rust silk bone blood morning ruin sacred exile mother child war prayer winter bloom SOMATIC Where a word lives in the body — how it feels, not what it means color: pressure (hollow → crushed)
orphan ←── origin ──→ ancestor sanctuary ←── danger ──→ threshold stone fog cathedral feather knife honey wolf dove river fire shadow mirror threshold ancestor orphan seed ash tide hunger sleep birth death forest desert wound grief joy alone together silence bread gold rust silk bone blood morning ruin sacred exile mother child war prayer winter bloom MYTHIC Where a word lives in sacred and archetypal space color: visibility (hidden → burning)
butter ←── resistance ──→ oak shattered ←── jointure ──→ fused stone fog cathedral feather knife honey wolf dove river fire shadow mirror threshold ancestor orphan seed ash tide hunger sleep birth death forest desert wound grief joy alone together silence bread gold rust silk bone blood morning ruin sacred exile mother child war prayer winter bloom MATERIAL Where a word lives as a substance — what it would be like to work with it color: age (fresh-cut → patina)