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119.233The tension audit
For your piece answer:
- What is the baseline state?
- Which dimension first leaves baseline?
- Where is first local peak?
- What releases?
- What remains unresolved?
- Where is global peak?
- Which dimension peaks later/earlier?
- What creates final closure?
If you cannot answer:
tension architecture may be accidental.