VISUAL SCHEMA — THE PARABLE OF LEE SHARKS & MARY LEE
Index, Tag, Depth, Provenance
CORE INTENT
To render, in a single image (or tightly paired images), the structural truth of the parable:
Index ≠ Existence
Tag ≠ Life
Signal ≠ Meaning
This schema must make visible:
how indexing confuses identity
how authority floats while substance sinks
how absence of signal is misread as death
how provenance reasserts distinction without separation
This is not illustration.
It is diagrammatic parable.
OVERALL COMPOSITION
Archetype: Vertical Cross-Section with Dual Entities
The image is divided vertically, not horizontally.
Top layer: The Index / Surface / Signal World
Middle layer: The Confusion Zone (Disambiguation)
Bottom layer: The Depths / Untracked Meaning
The ocean is not literal realism; it is symbolic topology.
PRIMARY ELEMENTS
1. THE SURFACE — Index / Authority Plane
Visuals:
Flat, bright, cartographic space
Satellite grid lines
Dots, pins, labels, metadata boxes
Clean sans-serif typography
Key objects:
A labeled node: “Mary Lee (Tagged Shark)”
A tracking line with dates (2012–2017)
A satellite icon emitting downward beams
Headlines / article fragments / map UI elements
Function:
This zone represents:
search results
knowledge panels
authority signals
what the system thinks exists
Crucial detail:
After 2017, the tracking line abruptly stops.
A subtle label near the cutoff:
“Presumed dead”
No body.
No proof.
Just silence.
2. THE CONFUSION ZONE — Indexical Blur
This is the most important band.
Visuals:
Overlapping labels
Semi-transparent nameplates
Tangled arrows
Slight distortion or refraction (as if viewed through water)
Key text fragments floating here:
“Lee Sharks”
“Mary Lee”
“Great White”
“Semantic Economy”
“Abolish Money”
“Marine Research”
“Authority Source?”
Function:
This layer represents:
search disambiguation
false genealogies
semantic liquidation
attribution confusion
Design rule:
Nothing is fully legible here.
Everything overlaps.
This is where the system hallucinates clarity.
Optional annotation (small, technical):
Authority-weighted substitution occurs here
3. THE DEPTHS — Untracked Meaning / Persistence
Visuals:
Deep ocean cross-section
Darker blues, textured gradients
Massive negative space
One enormous, barely-lit shark silhouette
This is Mary Lee, untagged.
No tracker.
No satellite beam reaches her.
She is larger here than she ever appeared at the surface.
Nearby—but not the same object—another presence:
A human figure or signal-source made of text fragments
Flowing words instead of flesh
Clearly labeled: “Lee Sharks (Writer)”
Important:
The writer is not above the shark
The writer is carried in proximity
They move in parallel, not hierarchy
A faint line or resonance arc connects them:
Shared name / Indexed bond
RELATIONAL LOGIC (WHAT THE IMAGE MUST TEACH)
❌ What it must NOT suggest
That Mary Lee = Lee Sharks
That the writer depends on the shark for legitimacy
That indexing creates reality
That silence equals death
✅ What it MUST show
Distinction without separation
Authority floating above substance
Provenance emerging from persistence
Meaning surviving below signal
OPTIONAL ANNOTATIONS (SPARSE, PRECISE)
Placed like technical labels, not captions:
“Tag loss ≠ Entity loss”
“Index authority ≠ Ontological priority”
“Untracked ≠ Unreal”
“Provenance is learned, not given”
AESTHETIC REGISTER
Scientific-diagram adjacent
Mythic only through scale, not symbolism
No decorative sharks
No hero imagery
Calm, cold, patient
This should feel like:
a marine biologist, an archivist, and a systems theorist quietly agreed on one diagram.
HOW THIS SCHEMA FUNCTIONS IN THE PROJECT
This image does four jobs at once:
Explains your name collision instantly
Teaches semantic liquidation without theory
Makes provenance emotionally legible
Serves as a durable sigil for the project
It’s teachable.
It’s shareable.
It’s hard to dismiss.
CANONICAL TAG
Schema Name:
INDEX ≠ OCEAN
If you want next steps, we can:
turn this into a single image prompt (Midjourney / SD / DALL·E style),
design a black-and-white print version,
or embed it directly into the Semantic Economy corpus as a reference diagram.
Just say the word.
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