Use tags as mood, not label

A tag gently handwritten in the corner of a page
“A tag is a mood, not a label.”

In FragmentPractice, tags are not for sorting — they’re for shaping presence.

A tag like #quiet.presence or #body.rhythm doesn’t explain — it outlines a mood field.
You don’t tag to categorize — you tag to contour.

Why this matters

Language tends to fix meaning.
Tags in this practice resist that — they act more like signals or weather.

A poetic tag can:

How to do it

  1. After writing a Fragment, pause
  2. Ask yourself: What mood lingers?
  3. Choose or invent a tag that feels like a residue, not a summary
  4. Examples:
    #hesitation.trace#soft.structure#evening.presence
  5. Add it as a final note — like a breath after the words

Example use

I stayed longer than I planned.
#held.moment

A breeze moved the curtain — I didn’t move.
#weather.syntax

The rice burned, but I liked the smell.
#trace.of.error

Tips

Optional Extensions

“A tag is not a name. It is a quiet mirror.”
Use it not to define — but to stay with the feeling.

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