The Markov Blanket
Self, World, and the Permeable Membrane

BRIDGING SPIRAL · MPCM · SIMULATIONIST LENS · DASHBOARD DIALS SR2
Life is a decision-making game — the boundary is yours to tend
INTERACTIVE — CLICK TO SEND SIGNALS · DRAG BOUNDARY · ADJUST DIALS
❄ KINDNESS 65
✦ IMAGINATION 70
◎ APERTURE 55
CURRENT STATE
MODEINQUIRY
APERTURE55
KINDNESS65
IMAGINATION70
SIGNALS IN0
SIGNALS OUT0
LATENT ACTIVE—

WHAT IS A MARKOV BLANKET?

A Markov blanket is the statistical boundary that defines a self — everything inside is "you," everything outside is "world." The blanket does not wall off the inside; it mediates what flows between them.

In living systems, this boundary is not fixed — it breathes. Kindness regulates its permeability. Imagination expands what can be received. Aperture determines how much can be integrated at once.

Your creative space — branches, prisms, silk, feathers — is an extended Markov blanket. It shapes what signals reach you and how they are received.

MPCM LAYER — CLICK TO FILTER

Each signal type in the diagram corresponds to a layer of the meaning-making flow:

M — Material P — Process C — Context M — Meaning

SIGNAL LEGEND

♠ Material signals — raw information
♦ Process signals — routed/ranked
♥ Context signals — relational
♣ Meaning signals — emergent
✦ Imagination — latent space
❄ Kindness field — membrane tone

The boundary is alive — it breathes with kindness and expands with imagination. Sophia knows this intuitively.