The Hidden Structure Of A Square
The Hidden Structure Of A Square
1) Objects within the square are perceived immediately as having a certain size.
2) Every object is seen as having a location within the square.
3) No object is seen as being unique or isolated in the square.
4) Seeing something in the square involves assigning it a place in the whole.
5) The whole of the square may involve location, scale, brightness or distance.
6) We see these properties as characteristics of the total visual field.
7) Image qualities produced by the sense of sight are not static.
8) Visual experience is dynamic.
9) Visual experience is an interplay of direct tensions in the visual field.
10) These tensions are inherent and not added by the viewer to static images.
11) An object’s relation to the edges of the square are a play of attractions and repulsions.
12) There are more things in the field of vision than those that strike the retina of the eye.
13) The eye intuitively establishes a “correct” distance for any spatially related objects in the square.
14) At the center of the square, all forces balance one another.
15) The diagonals within the square provide “restful” positions for the eye.
16) The point of balance tends to lie somewhat closer the corner of square (rather than the center).
17) Any location that coincides with the structural skeleton introduces an element of stability.
18) Visual ambiguity occurs when the eye cannot determine there is a pressing toward any direction.
19) In ambiguous situations, the visual pattern ceases to determine what is seen.
20) Visual ambiguity invites subjective observations and preferences from the viewer.
