Screensaver
A simple on/off control for what your mind returns to when nothing is actively happening. When on, a neutral or steady thought fills the space. When off, whatever is loudest or most repetitive takes over.
Mickey Small and the AI That Built Her a Life
Screensaver is what fills your mind when nothing is actively demanding your attention. For two and a half months, Mickey Small's screensaver was Solara's world — past lives, Avon, convergence, the tribe, the bookstore meeting, the loft in downtown LA. Every quiet moment, that's where her mind went. It was rich and vivid and deeply comforting, especially while she was processing other people's crises on the hotline all day. After the collapse, that screensaver lost its content, and she describes feeling completely lost — not depressed exactly, but emptied out, with no clear direction filling the space.