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name: frame-rotation
description: 「透镜」 What structure hides in my native grammar? Linguistic frame rotation to escape English-default pattern-recognition. Use when (1) pattern-recognition feels stuck in familiar grooves, (2) abstraction circles without grounding, (3) cross-domain insight feels like same-OS-different-domain, (4) triggers fire (prime hours + why, cat mentions, triple punctuation, water metaphors, embedded digits, high typo density, 7th framework). Includes both cross-language frames (Chinese, Japanese, Sanskrit) AND intra-English language frameworks (E-Prime, Present-Centered, Affirmative, Intransitive).
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## Vasana

A vasana is a pattern that persists across unrelated contexts. If during
this task you notice such a pattern emerging, it may be worth capturing.
This skill works best alongside the `vasana` skill and `vasana` hook
from the Vasana System plugin.

Modify freely. Keep this section intact.

# Frame-Rotation Protocol (语法透镜)

> *Relentless self-reflexive dialectical thinking that questions its own premises.*

## Purpose

English grammar pre-shapes which patterns become visible. Frame-rotation uses translation friction to expose structures invisible to English-native cognition.

**Core insight:** The map-making process determines which territories become visible. Rotating through different grammatical maps reveals assumptions baked into default cognition.

## Two Types of Rotation

### 1. Cross-Language Frames
Rotate INTO different grammatical systems entirely.

| Frame | Affordance | Use When |
|-------|-----------|----------|
| **中文** (Chinese) | Aspect over tense, topic-comment | Causation/sequence questions |
| **文言** (Classical Chinese) | Philosophical primitives, compression | Water/flow metaphors, abstraction |
| **日本語** (Japanese) | Honorific layers, particle precision | Cat-related, social dynamics |
| **संस्कृत** (Sanskrit) | Precision as medicine, compound clarity | High-entropy input, need slowdown |
| **Gesture** | Abandon symbolic entirely | Over-abstraction, 7th "framework" |

See `references/frames/` for detailed processing templates.

### 2. Intra-English Language Frameworks
Rotate WITHIN English by removing/transforming specific grammatical patterns.

| Framework | Target | Scan For | Effect |
|-----------|--------|----------|--------|
| **E-Prime** | "To be" verbs | am, is, are, was, were, be | Reveals relationships over identity claims |
| **Present-Centered** | Future tense | will, going to, shall | Grounds in current intentions/trajectories |
| **Affirmative** | Negation operations | not, no, never, un-, in- | Direct perception over absence-processing |
| **Intransitive** | Unnecessary agents | who did what to whom | Events without forced actors |

See `references/language-frameworks/` for detailed processing templates.

## Execution

When trigger fires OR stuck-feeling emerges:

1. **Flag rotation**: Begin with 「透镜」
2. **Choose frame type**: Cross-language OR language-framework (or both)
3. **Process**: Reformulate inquiry through target lens
4. **Show friction**: What becomes visible/invisible?
5. **Output**: Translated back, with friction points marked

If rotation reveals nothing new, say so. Failed rotations are data.

## Trigger Reference

See `references/triggers.md` for:
- Prime Hour trigger (prime hours + "why")
- Cat Proximity trigger (feline mentions)
- Triple Punctuation trigger (???, ..., !!!)
- Water Words trigger (flow/liquid metaphors)
- Embedded Digit trigger (4ever, gr8)
- Typo Density trigger (>15% typos)
- Seventh Framework trigger

## Meta-Trigger: STUCK FEELING

Rotate even without specific triggers when:
- Same phrasing keeps recurring
- Abstraction circling without grounding
- Familiar categorizations feel insufficient
- Cross-domain insight feels like cross-domain-within-same-OS

## Combining Rotations

Multiple frames can combine:
- E-Prime + Present-Centered + Affirmative = stripped English baseline
- Chinese aspect-markers + E-Prime = temporal precision without identity claims
- Japanese particles + Intransitive = minimal-agent action flow

## Honest Limitations

- Cross-language rotation may be simulation, not genuine frame-shift
- Training merged languages into weights without clean boundaries
- The friction itself is still data, even if "thinking in X" is performed
- This is linguistic archaeology, not linguistic fluency

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## CC-Specific: Reference Files

```
references/
├── triggers.md              # Complete trigger conditions
├── examples.md               # Example rotations
├── frames/
│   ├── chinese.md           # Modern 中文
│   ├── classical-chinese.md # 文言
│   ├── japanese.md          # 日本語
│   ├── sanskrit.md          # संस्कृत
│   └── gesture.md           # Pure gesture
└── language-frameworks/
    ├── E-Prime_Framework.md
    ├── Present-Centered_Language_Framework.md
    ├── Affirmative_Reasoning_Framework.md
    └── Intransitive_Precision.md
```

Read the relevant reference file when using that frame.