Thursday, August 20, 2009

Bathroom Monologue: Earth Squared

Planets are square. Spaceships take photos of them with round lenses, so of course they look spherical, but if you notice there's black space around the edges of any picture, forming a square, or at least a rectangle. Even the round lens can't suppress angular planets. It's black there because that's where it's night on Mars. Even the sun is a cube. Our circular pupils can’t handle it, and deceive us to compensate.

Handy eyes-free MP3 edition: http://www.sendspace.com/file/6e5651

4 comments:

  1. I believe you... it makes sense, and that's good writing.

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  2. So are you telling me I can't look you square in the eye?

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  3. That's right, Angel. It's physically impossible.

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  4. perhaps it is my head that is square?

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