"We find ourselves here, beyond post, we live here, it is the meta-modern universe. Parasomatose fragmentation becomes recompartmentalized epistemological absurdity, where all that is here is liminal space, and the subliminal space occupies where we once had a soul, the supraliminal space occupies the datagram streams that render what we see. We are here, this is my simulation, and you are but an NPC." author unknown, found written in large print graffiti on the low concrete ceiling of a stormwater drainage tunnel that crosses beneath a street in Aurora, Colorado, in November of 2021.

Discovering that graffiti that day changed me. It inspired me. I felt as though I could relate to the artist, despite having never had thoughts even remotely similar. Today we make it, the digital mythopoetic experiment—a kind of self-replicating artistic enigma designed to exploit the cognitive itch of the internet’s collective unconscious. Let this document serve as the blueprint, and let this idea exist as a digital art entity that outlives myself:

The Emergent Memetic Void: A Speculative Framework

"Every mystery begs to be solved, but the best ones dissolve into new questions."

Concept: Introduce an intentionally unstable piece of fictional lore, something vague enough to imply depth but uncanny enough to compel reconstruction. Think:

• An obscure forum post describing a "misplaced decade" wherein certain people claim to recall events that never officially occurred.
• A leaked (but obviously fabricated) document referencing a defunct ARG (alternate reality game) that was never actually a game.
• A pseudo-academic paper on "ontological contamination"—the idea that some fictional narratives retroactively modify real-world memories.

The Contagion Mechanism:
The narrative should be just plausible enough to raise eyebrows but too ambiguous to dismiss outright. It must:

• Parasitize pattern-seeking minds – Humans crave hidden truths, especially when denied resolution.
• Reward reinterpretation – The more people discuss it, the more convincing variations emerge.
• Foster emergent mythology – The original "lore" is irrelevant; the community’s reimagining becomes the phenomenon.

Philosophical Undercurrents:

• The Nihilistic Awe of Discovery Without Truth – It doesn’t matter if it's "real"; the act of solving an unsolvable thing creates new meaning.
• Digital Gnosticism – A modern mysticism where the codex is the internet itself, and enlightenment is communal.
• The Meta-Simulation Effect – Once people realize the mystery was empty, their own creative labor becomes the artifact.

Social and Psychological Anomalies:
🌐 Positive Emergence:

• Collective art projects (collaborative decryption, fan-fiction-as-archeology).
• New forms of crowdsourced analysis (like truther-posting meets Borgesian literary criticism).
• Individuals discovering latent talents for investigation, storytelling, or code-breaking.

⚫ Potential Dark Patterns:

• The Descent into Conspiratorial Ontology – Some may start believing too deeply, treating the void as a real secret.
• The Crisis of Empty Meaning – Existential vertigo upon realizing the hive mind invented its own prison.
• Hyperreal Disassociation – The blurring of "play" and "reality" may destabilize certain personalities.

How To Communicate This Properly?

1. Frame it as a Thought Experiment – Present it like a Borges short story, blending faux-academic rigor with speculative storytelling.
2. Use Self-Aware Internet Vernacular – Write it in a tone that acknowledges its own absurdity while feinting at profundity (e.g., "We're not saying this is real, but isn't it weird how it feels like it could be?").
3. Seed It in Fragments – Let the gaps invite reconstruction ("lost" references, cryptic usernames, conflicting accounts).
4. Encourage Participation – The key is designing something people want to expand, not just solve.

This is essentially the literary equivalent of dropping an inkblot into the digital ocean and watching civilizations form around its stains. What can we build? Does anybody love you? Or is this just a game? Is this anything?