EmbelisResearch in progress

A visual language for cognitive exploration

Glyfs.

There is nothing to solve.

There is nothing to decode.

There is nothing to answer.

Think about a question that matters to you.
Observe these five Glyfs.

Five black Glyfs arranged in six square cells, including one empty blind Glyf
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From question to new perspective

How does it work?

QuestionSequence selection
01Describe your questionContext
AI

What would you like to explore?

Consultant

We have developed a new visual language called Glyfs.

We think it may change the way people explore a question. But we don't know whether the phenomenon is real.

AI

What is your objective?

Consultant

Understand whether Glyfs trigger a genuine cognitive shift.

AI

What matters most?

Consultant

We are not looking for proof.

We are looking for honest observations.

Analysing context…
02Sequence selectionAnalysis
Glyf Engine

Context analysed. Sequence selected.

The selected sequence of five Glyfs and one blind Glyf

The sequence was selected as a whole.

Each Glyf contributes to a progression.

Meaning emerges from the sequence.

What just happened

Don't decode them.

The purpose is not to understand the Glyfs.

The purpose is to observe your own thinking.

Glyfs are not meant to be understood.
They are meant to be used.
The opening Glyf sequence

02

Three families

A language
with a structure.

01

Fundamental Glyfs

They shape attention.

02

Operator Glyfs

They transform a line of thought.

03

Situational Glyfs

They describe a specific configuration.

In development

03

What we have built

More than symbols.
A visual language.

We are building a language that gives no answers. It creates a change of viewpoint from which another answer may become possible.

The public Glyf library, a grid of abstract black signs
The Glyfothèque — research version

04

The rules

There is
no dictionary.

01A Glyf does not carry a fixed meaning.

02Meaning emerges from the sequence.

03Meaning emerges from the context and the person using it.

05

The complete Glyf sequence, with the first Glyf highlighted

One example

Watch the question move.

What is the subject?

From where are you looking at it?

What changes when your viewpoint changes?

Not the right answer. A different way into the question.

We don't know
why it works.

We know something does.

Tell us what changed