Could a cursor behave less like a tool and more like an expressive drawing instrument?
The cursor mediates almost every digital action, yet it is rarely treated as expressive material. The challenge was to reveal this invisible behavior and turn routine interaction into visible authorship. The project had to feel playful on first contact and reflective on repeat use.
I built a generative interaction system where movement accumulates into traces over time. Instead of treating navigation as neutral behavior, the interface reframes it as mark-making with aesthetic and behavioral meaning. The visual language was tuned to preserve spontaneity while still making patterns legible.
The central decision was to treat repetition as content, not background noise. Capturing movement across sessions produces a portrait defined by habit and rhythm rather than a single finished image. This makes the work both introspective and system-oriented at the same time.