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119.233The tension audit

For your piece answer:

  1. What is the baseline state?
  2. Which dimension first leaves baseline?
  3. Where is first local peak?
  4. What releases?
  5. What remains unresolved?
  6. Where is global peak?
  7. Which dimension peaks later/earlier?
  8. What creates final closure?

If you cannot answer:

tension architecture may be accidental.