Streams of Conscious

The Shape Stream — www.markfrancombe.com

Shape Families (keys 1–9)

• 1 — Circles: Rings and filled discs
• 2 — Triangles: Equilateral and isosceles forms
• 3 — Grids: Rectangular tilings and lattices
• 4 — Spirals: Archimedean and logarithmic spirals
• 5 — Stars: Multi-point star polygons
• 6 — Organic: Bezier blobs and irregular forms
• 7 — Lines: Ray bursts, parallel lines, cross-hatching
• 8 — Noise: Interference patterns and moiré fields
• 9 — MIX: Random family each frame

Controls

• 0 — Play / Stop
• Enter — Fullscreen (hides UI)
• 1–9 — Switch shape family
• Speed — Strobe rate
• Count — Number of shapes per frame
• Symmetry — None / Bilateral / Radial / Kaleidoscope
• Style — Outline / Fill / Both
• Mode — Cut (hard strobe) / Morph (smooth blend)
• Colour — B/W / Mono / Spectrum / Fire / Ice