Shape

86 I What Makes It Visual?
I see a triangle and its complement. It may be a little far-fetched to assume that I see
the shape
—I have a hard time making sense of it until I try my identity again—but complements
are sometimes like this. They’re surely worth the added effort, though, because
they simplify things as I go on. There are four atoms when I apply the identity the
second time
Now I see a pair of triangles and their complements that combine in products to define
constituents. And there are seven atoms the third and fourth times I use the
identity
including the six individual sides of the large triangles and the interior cross. This is all
pretty good. The constituents I finally get match my visual expectations. The sides of
the triangles interact, while the cross is a figure on its own.
Of course, there are also medium and small triangles in the shape
And I can apply the identity