03/29/22
The 4th dimension is not a new concept. Ever since the 1700’s scientists and artists have worked together to predict what it would look like if humans figure out how to fold into different dimensions. Even a lot of Picasso’s work has to do with his interpretations of 4D space. Today though, the general consensus most artists share in regards to 4D space is that it’s some Joe Rogan DMT fused psychedelic trip. Sure this conceptual art usually looks cool, but it has no basis in reality. I’m here to propose a different theory, this is what “My Interpretation of 4D Space” looks like, allow me to explain myself.
When we look at a 2D object like a painting, for example, we see the whole thing in its entirety because we are in the 3D. But what happens if we were in the same 2D space as the painting? We would only see a certain aspect of the whole depending on where we are located in the space. See my diagram below. Looking at the piece of paper we see a stick man and a circle. But if we pretend we are the stick person what do we see? Not a circle, but rather just a curved vertical line. It would be impossible for the stick person to ever see the circle because he can’t access the Z-plane to move either in front or behind the circle to see the whole thing, he’s stuck on the X-Y plane. Therefore, it leads me to assume that in 4D space we will be able to see everything that makes up the 3rd Dimension, in the same way, that we 3D beings can see everything in a 2nd dimension. In the 4th dimension, we will be skinny dipping in space and we will be able to touch stars that used to be thousands of light-years away, it will be beautiful.
This may seem like nonsense now, but in 50 or 500 years whenever we discover how to fold and unfold space-time like Einstein predicted I can’t wait to give y’all a fat I TOLD YA SO.
Specs:
Original Sizing: 20 in. by 20 in.
Acrylic on Tablet