Consonism
A Theory of Art and Psychological Reorganization
Poyan Bedayat, 2026
1. The Preservation–Variability Problem
1.1 — The Dilemma
1.2 — Reference as Continuity Across Variable Realizations
1.3 — Multiple Relevant References and the Field
2. From Co-influence to Composition
2.1 — Co-influence and Its Limit
2.2 — Reciprocal Consequence
2.3 — Composition as Accumulated Reciprocal History
3. Compositional Economy and Consonant Bonding
3.1 — The Interaction Profile
3.2 — Compositional Economy
3.3 — Persistence Bias
3.4 — Functional Interdependence and the Consonant Bond
3.5 — Selective Variation
4. From Consonant Bond to Composed Reference
4.1 — Recurrence and Translation
4.2 — Consolidation and the Composed Reference
4.3 — Inhabitation and the Formal Statement of Consonism
5. Trauma and Its Learned Future
5.1 — Trauma-Formed Reference
5.2 — Valid Response and Pathological Continuation
5.3 — The Requirements and Resources of Correction
5.4 — Availability, Accessibility, and the Practical Problem
6. Corrective and Developmental Composition
6.1 — The Logical Boundary
6.2 — Corrective Composition
6.3 — Developmental Composition
6.4 — Comparison and Common Practical Condition
7.1 — Externalization and Artistic Persistence
7.2 — Artistic Judgment and Joint Participation
7.3 — Consonist Art as Deliberate Practice
7.4 — Translation, Integration, and Limits
Table of Content
1. The Preservation–Variability Problem
1.1 — The Dilemma
1.2 — Reference as Continuity Across Variable Realizations
1.3 — Multiple Relevant References and the Field
2. From Co-influence to Composition
2.1 — Co-influence and Its Limit
2.2 — Reciprocal Consequence
2.3 — Composition as Accumulated Reciprocal History
3. Compositional Economy and Consonant Bonding
3.1 — The Interaction Profile
3.2 — Compositional Economy
3.3 — Persistence Bias
3.4 — Functional Interdependence and the Consonant Bond
3.5 — Selective Variation
4. From Consonant Bond to Composed Reference
4.1 — Recurrence and Translation
4.2 — Consolidation and the Composed Reference
4.3 — Inhabitation and the Formal Statement of Consonism
5. Trauma and Its Learned Future
5.1 — Trauma-Formed Reference
5.2 — Valid Response and Pathological Continuation
5.3 — The Requirements and Resources of Correction
5.4 — Availability, Accessibility, and the Practical Problem
6. Corrective and Developmental Composition
6.1 — The Logical Boundary
6.2 — Corrective Composition
6.3 — Developmental Composition
6.4 — Comparison and Common Practical Condition
7.1 — Externalization and Artistic Persistence
7.2 — Artistic Judgment and Joint Participation
7.3 — Consonist Art as Deliberate Practice
7.4 — Translation, Integration, and Limits
