Is anyone else fascinated by basic geometric shapes?

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I tend to break everything I look at down into its most basic shapes, especially square/rectangular items. If it already IS a square or rectangle and it stands out, my attention (usually subconsciously) is drawn to it. If I'm looking at something irregularly shaped, I draw invisible lines subdividing it into squares, angles, and triangles. Does anyone else do this? I feel like such a weirdo sometimes. I mean, basic shapes is a toddler's fascination.

I wouldn't say that, it's the basis of art. It's hard to draw anything without laying down squares and circles first.

Unless you just happen to be really, really good at organic freehand, in which case I'm pretty sure you'd still have to visualize the basic shapes mentally as you draw (I could be wrong).

I get to study "basic shapes" (and some not-so-basic shapes) for a living - I do research in geometry. One of the best jobs in the world.

Sacred geometry is an interest of mine, the shapes that comprise the symbols all around us. The square and the the diamond are most common, I think. The oldest shape, the first shape to appear in human iconography is the circle. Symbolic of the womb, motherhood and cyclical phenomena. The triangle stands for a grouping of three entities or objects.

I never stop seeing geometric shapes, or creating them in my head while counting either sides or nodes. Normally this is subconscious and I catch myself doing it rather than it being deliberate. However, for amusement I sometimes draw three dimensional shaped in my mind such as cube or if I'm being more ambitious a hypercube (tesseract). My mind is like one of those toy Etch-a-sketch things. Ah the joys of geometry

I just found all kinds of four-sided shapes in a slice of head cheese. Weird, but it looks cool how they all fit together.

oh yeah, I love triangles. :D

The Star of David is made up of two interlocking triangles, a very mystical shape. A 3D SOD is a kabbalistic seat, a visual representatin of divine power.

That sounds completely normal from my perspective.

The square does not occur anywhere in the natural world. Which other shapes are decidedly human in origin?

the trapelovaloid >.> I defy you to find me one in nature. :D

I don't know what a trapelovaloid is. 2D or 3D?

both >.>

Can you provide an example?

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I have always been impressed by the triangle--a very versatile shape and very strong when 3-D'd into a prism. Look at the pyramids. I also like R. Buckminster Fuller;s geodisic shapes. The Buckyballs. Honeycombs are a nice hexagonical shape for a bee hive. The more even sides you have in a closed figure the more round they appear. Interesting. Cubism is an interesting form of art.

Specter, I am not sure what is the shape, the trapelovoloid, you mention. I will look on the internet, but by the time I write this someone will have answered the question. If not, I will look.

Update: Specter, there is nothing like that on an internet search I just did. Is this something you made up? Interesting.

Yes. They're the 'building blocks' of the universe.