# 20250622 self-aware, not self-conscious conscious-of-self is a loop aware-of-self is a steadiness this might be the goal of the [resolver](/2025/06/04/resolver/resolver-further-resolved.md) process for self-perception to feel like awareness, instead of feeling like another frame of consciousness to inhabit/haunt a frame, rather than host a frame from the insulated abstraction of remove or perhaps that's the rest-point? a steady-state that cues you to put the process down, and just live? until something changes without you noticing, and you only find out because you don't seem to fit the frame anymore, and then the resolver kicks in again *each breath that you take has a thunderous sound*\ — Angels & Airwaves I feel intense — the "if looks could kill" kind of intense, but it feels more like a searingly mutual recognition, gimlet eyes met unescapably in kind, the kind of suspended live-wire that speeds up time, where anything in the line of fire might not make it out (or at least not without several new fundamental questions) *as you walk on by / will you call my name?*\ — Simple Minds --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://www.isaacbowen.com/2025/06/22.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.