initial ontograph idea would’ve come out strong aesthetically but the density of links would’ve been represented exclusively thru a vertically stacked hierarchy which is way too reductive. here is a beautiful typographic totem that u can look at anyway.
now my thinking it that i’ll show the “density” or layers at work by using actual layers of paper, each increasing in transparency. say, printer paper, tracing paper and acetate. i reckon this’ll look nice. i will need to be careful that each new page/layer of text does not make the proceeding one illegible.