The current lens is a living index.
The archive shows what I have thought.
The current lens shows what still feels active.
Those are different jobs.
A public notebook can hold old notes, old language, old drafts, and old attempts.
That history matters.
But a reader also needs a way to understand what I would stand behind today.
Or at least what I am still actively testing.
That is what the current lens does.
It does not erase the archive.
It interprets it.
It says:
This still matters.
This changed shape.
This is parked.
This is unresolved.
This is where the live questions are.
Without that layer, a thinking archive becomes a pile.
With it, the archive can stay alive.