Shapes That Think

A micro-course that teaches you how to draw shapes that behave like ideas — shapes that move, react, transform, and carry their own intelligence.

Most people think shapes are passive. Static. Decorative.
In MicroGenesis, shapes are alive.

They grow.
They collide.
They evolve.
They influence what comes next.
They behave like thoughts on the page.

This course shows you how to turn simple geometric forms into a living visual vocabulary — a generative system that thinks alongside you.

What This Course Teaches

• How to choose a shape that “thinks”

You’ll begin by selecting a single, simple form with generative potential — a circle, triangle, bean-shape, diamond, square, or organic repeatable shape — and learning how it behaves under repetition.

• How to explore shape variants and discover personality

Thicker, thinner, stretched, rotated, overlapping, combined — you’ll learn to treat shapes as flexible units, not fixed symbols.

• How shapes behave as living systems

Circles unify, triangles energize, squares stabilize — each shape carries its own internal logic.
You’ll study how shapes expand, migrate, cluster, create friction, or settle into harmony.

• How to build expressive mini-compositions

Using rotations, mirrors, shifts, collisions, and expansions, you’ll turn your shape into a small ecosystem — one that suggests motion, mood, and structure.

• How to let compositions “think for themselves”

You’ll practice shifting from control → listening.
Shapes will begin to suggest your next move instead of you planning it.

• The Shape Cycle: a complete daily practice

A simple 10-minute ritual for growth, disruption, and resolution using three core shapes.

What’s Inside the Course

Module 1 — The Shape as a Seed

Choose a single shape and explore its variants, personality, movement, and generative potential.
Includes the Shape Test: does the shape feel alive?

Module 2 — Shapes as Living Systems

Learn how shapes expand, migrate, create rhythm, and interact through friction, contrast, and repetition.

Module 3 — Shape Transformations

Rotate it. Mirror it. Shift it.
Combine transformations to create lattices, constellations, and emergent pattern-fields.

Module 4 — Compositions That Think

Create autonomous shape-fields where the drawing “decides” what comes next and your job is to respond, not direct.

Module 5 — The Shape Cycle

A complete 10-minute practice:

1. Choose
2. Anchor
3. Expand
4. Break
5. Resolve

This is your portable studio — a system you can repeat daily.

Why This Course Works

Because it teaches you to think visually, not conceptually.

Shapes become:

• ideas
• decisions
• patterns
• moods
• movement
• meaning

Instead of guessing what to draw, you learn to listen — letting shapes guide your hand into surprising territory.

This is generative art in its most accessible form.

Included in This Course

✓ 5 modules
✓ Clear exercises
✓ Micro-demos
✓ Reflection prompts
✓ Daily practice system
✓ No experience required

All you need is a pen, a small piece of paper, and a willingness to explore.

Who This Is For

• Artists who want to expand their visual vocabulary
• Creative people craving structure without rigidity
• Anyone interested in pattern logic or abstract drawing
• Beginners who want a simple entry into generative art
• Experienced artists looking for fresh creative fuel
• Anyone who wants drawings that feel alive

This course is simple, intuitive, and endlessly expandable.

**Your Shapes Are Thinking.

Now learn to listen.**

Course 10 — Shapes That Think
A MicroGenesis Micro-Course by Jeffrey M. Brackett