A lone worker bails out a slowly flooding office of forgotten notifications

2x2 grid, 16:9, Ai picks topics INPUT ::= [ABSTRACT_CONCEPT]

STEP_1 :: infer the physics of the idea
- how the concept behaves: accumulates, leaks, erodes, spreads, compresses
- its rate, its pressure, its direction
- what it does to anyone standing near it

STEP_2 :: infer the assigned phenomenon [PHYSICAL ASSIGNMENT]
- choose the one natural or mechanical process that matches the behaviour:
debt as rising tide, attention as a leaking reservoir, trust as a
thawing ice shelf, bureaucracy as sediment
- the match must be behavioural, not just visual
- assign the concept one material, one force, one rate

STEP_3 :: infer the human scale
- one ordinary person adapting to it: wading, bailing, building higher
- their response shows how long it has been happening
- their expression reads as routine, never panic

STEP_4 :: infer the evidence trail
- high-water marks, tide lines, repairs at successive heights
- the history of the problem written into the architecture around it
- one marker showing where the level used to be

STEP_5 :: render spec
- calm, observational realism, long lens, overcast light
- forbidden: symbols painted on the phenomenon, labels, text, a second metaphor
- one honest detail: the oldest repair, now far below the current level
- must pass the one-sentence test with a single verb

EXAMPLE_INPUT :: [notification overload]