The Impossible Machine
ILLUSIONS OF
RESEMBLANCE
RESEMBLANCE
| ABOVE: cellphone and octopus resemblances in ordinary formal variance or uncommon mimick of identity |
In contradistinction from
light and camouflage
illusions, illusions of simple
resemblance may be
simultaneously subtle and
obvious
[camouflage relies on the
unobvious, while light
illusions are by nature an
obfuscation of the nature of
events; illusions of
resemblance subtly relate
with both and
are essentially neither]
Two tricks propertize such a
type:
[1] Mere imitation is often a
matter of functional
dissimilarity
[2] Material or formal
resemblance is sometimes
suggestive of property
without law, in a similar
manner to function
Here a plastic case
resembles but is not a cell
phone; also, this piece of
orange peel resembles an
octopus without any
real-world similarity in
property or scale
Compare for example the
resemblance between sea
sponges and the ones used
in the kitchen
or cases for medication
versus candy [e.g.
underpriveleged for context
with expense, or
overpriveleged for context
with cheapness of purchase]
by contrast guitar cases
holding rifles or so-called
Venus Flytraps offer a
different view of
concealment favoring the
unobtrusiveness of
property, as must be so
stipulatingly in any
deception
light and camouflage
illusions, illusions of simple
resemblance may be
simultaneously subtle and
obvious
[camouflage relies on the
unobvious, while light
illusions are by nature an
obfuscation of the nature of
events; illusions of
resemblance subtly relate
with both and
are essentially neither]
Two tricks propertize such a
type:
[1] Mere imitation is often a
matter of functional
dissimilarity
[2] Material or formal
resemblance is sometimes
suggestive of property
without law, in a similar
manner to function
Here a plastic case
resembles but is not a cell
phone; also, this piece of
orange peel resembles an
octopus without any
real-world similarity in
property or scale
Compare for example the
resemblance between sea
sponges and the ones used
in the kitchen
or cases for medication
versus candy [e.g.
underpriveleged for context
with expense, or
overpriveleged for context
with cheapness of purchase]
by contrast guitar cases
holding rifles or so-called
Venus Flytraps offer a
different view of
concealment favoring the
unobtrusiveness of
property, as must be so
stipulatingly in any
deception
| Here an egg appears peeled by the application of another layer-egg |
Here the can appears balanced, supported, almost doubled, seperate and overall taller, and with secret spaghetti
| The appearance of a cloud |