Illusion of cubes

I made this picture using Visual C++ as my first project. Our brain automatically searches for depth in the picture… This is an orthographic projection where all objects, however near or far, appears as the same size. The only way to make sense of this “illusion” is to compel oneself to detach our “view” from the three dimensions that we know, and observe it as merely a particular arrangement of lines on a flat surface…There is a certain feeling of monotony as one sacrifices the wonderful stereovision to achieve this. However, in the next moment, it feels immensely gratifying that this is, after all, an illusion, the opposite of the real world, which is a beautiful manifestation of remarkable laws, like the graceful gestures of a divine dance…

~ by Surabhi on October 12, 2007.