Escaping Flatland

The "Escaping Flatland" article was hard to read. Every other sentence I had to either look up a word or re-read the sentence from the beginning. But one main idea I obtained from the reading was that there are new ways being created to give the allusion of three dimensions in a two-dimensional scape.  The first image used as an example was the Japanese map and how the use of the vertical rectangles with the letters in them create another dimension. This use of a visual detail to create another dimension reminds me of Google Maps. Google Maps uses shadows and lighting to create the third dimensional feel when you drag your mouse across the screen. When I look up my house on Google Maps, you can drag around the block and see the shadows from the cars and the different tones on the roof of the house due to the way the sun was positioned that day.

The drawing of the model in the article reminded me of the Fibonacci sequence and the image of the shell that it is used to display it. I'm not sure why this immediately came to mind but just the way the shape is curled and winds down gives the look of depth. Layering of lines can also give another dimension, such as the continued overlapping of lines using a spirograph. Not only are these images mesmerizing to look at, they appear to have that third dimension. This is because of the intricate overlapping of lines in the strict patterns.