The Vanishing Point
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1 min readSep 8, 2017
Why horizons attract us. What they teach us.
The vanishing point, in art, and, design, is where a horizon intersects with itself (parallel and perpendicular lines). Where a progressing line (seems to) disappear(s). A line is, necessarily, circumference, and diameter, of a circle.
This teaches us there is no such thing, technically, as a vanishing point. Columbus solved this for us. Once he got to the horizon, the horizon moved (disappeared).
This is Zeno’s paradox. It defines a moving circle (proving the circle never moves). This explains a human’s experience of movement.
Conservation of the circle is the core dynamic (universal movement) in nature.
