"...think of a plane. It is evident that a plane is more clearly perceived when something is placed upon it, for instance, a tree-an upright. With something standing upon it, the horizontal portion of the surface expresses itself at once : one might almsot say it becomes spatially active" - A. Hildebrand
An object becomes only as important as those things around it with relation to it. The parts becomes just as important as the whole. The rising to the vertical from the horizontal does not merely define the vertical but also the horizontal. It provides a frame off which the horizontal plane can be defined.
If we focus on this Romantic dichotomy this idea begins to play out that one could not exist without the other. Cold only exists because heat is no longer there, rather the with the absence of heat do you experience the cold.
So what happens if this frame of reference is removed (our physical world) and we place these ideas into a world not of ours? What then do these relationships become? What then do these relationships tell us about their relationship?
What then happens to this if we remove the semantics of this relationship?
An object becomes only as important as those things around it with relation to it. The parts becomes just as important as the whole. The rising to the vertical from the horizontal does not merely define the vertical but also the horizontal. It provides a frame off which the horizontal plane can be defined.
If we focus on this Romantic dichotomy this idea begins to play out that one could not exist without the other. Cold only exists because heat is no longer there, rather the with the absence of heat do you experience the cold.
So what happens if this frame of reference is removed (our physical world) and we place these ideas into a world not of ours? What then do these relationships become? What then do these relationships tell us about their relationship?
What then happens to this if we remove the semantics of this relationship?
