Cool responses! Gee, I didn't even think about SOUND, but as long as I've got a magic box, might as well have that option :-) Jon's response, and dialyn's discussion of music makes me think of another variation on this magic box: graphic box #2 contains hundred zillion different pictures made by artists and photographers (trying to work around jon's essay generator metaphor, which would indeed be drek). You: "Once upon a time, there was a princess, who lived in a castle, at the top of a hill." Box: shows a picture from one of the fairy tale books. You: "Sort of. But the kingdom is kind of poor, the scenery should be a bit darker, more anxious, I don't want this happy-happy feel. And I'm tired of King Arthur and the Round Table -- Hey, did they have castles in Persia?" Box: shows five different alternatives. One is a fortified town from an Eastern European outpost of the Ottoman empire, during its decline in early 1800's. You: forget the castle, that looks interesting. What would the daughter of the guy in charge look like? ...