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PART I · FORM9 / 10
CH1 · EXCITATION

THRESHOLD
the line the system must cross

CH1 · EXCITATION

WAVEFRONT
the edge of what has already fired

CH1 · EXCITATION

SPIRAL
rotation without a center

CH2 · ROTATION

ROTATION
the axis organizes from nothing

CH2 · ROTATION

REFRACTORY
the period during which nothing can happen

CH2 · ROTATION

RECOVERY
the slow return to readiness

CH3 · PROPAGATION

PROPAGATION
each cell fires what it received

CH3 · PROPAGATION

COLLISION
two waves annihilate on meeting

CH3 · PROPAGATION

CARDIAC
this pattern runs in every heartbeat

CH4 · DISSOLUTION

TURBULENCE
when spirals break and multiply

CH4 · DISSOLUTION

DISSOLUTION
the excitable medium goes quiet

CH4 · DISSOLUTION

REST
before the next disturbance arrives