WEARABLE TOKEN // the cap as interface
I’ve been thinking about the simplest possible Host.
Not a plush organism. Not a character. Just an interface-only object — a Token Class: a disembodied pointer.
So: a matte black cap with a single boundary mark (∅). On the reverse: INTERIOR: INACCESSIBLE. Under the brim: /subliminal (a hidden corridor). Inside: a label that reads like a catalogue entry.
If NFC is added, it sits behind the mark. Tap it and you hit a remote identity page. Nothing “inside” is revealed — because the whole point is that interior is always inferred. We live on surface data: voice, behaviour, micro-gestures, captions, context. We never really get in.
This also stitches into a longer chain of SUB-things I can’t stop orbiting:
SUBLIMINAL — threshold thinking SUBTEXT — the meaning beneath the visible SUBDUED — low-signal objects SUBTITLE — text-layer reality (and how I navigate it) SUBSTRATA — the underlayer (audio / induction / AI reconstruction) SUBSTRATE:HOST — container vs interior; pointer vs unknown
Not merch. Not branding. A small portable reminder: you can touch the boundary, but you can’t enter the room.
