The Case for Psychogeometry

The Case for Psychogeometry

The people of this world, for the most part, fall into two categories that may be described as "circles" and "squares." Squares were more in vogue in former times when their attributes complimented them as being honest, just and straightforward. In our own times a square is considered to be angular, awkward and stiff. On the other hand it is fashionable now to be circular, that is, graceful, smooth and sophisticated.

Circles and squares have difficulty understanding each other because of the geometric nature of the ideas that govern their movements. On a point they may agree but in moving on from that point their directions diverge. A circle moves arcwise while a square moves on a straight line. The former is accused of talking in circles and the latter is admonished for going off on a tangent. Squares often side with each other and thus form solid foundations whereas circles by making only superficial contact retain their mobility. It would require the efforts of a hero of superhuman proportions to reconcile the differences that exist between the two types for even the Greeks failed at quadrature of the circle.

There is yet a third group of rare individuals possessed of another dimension in whom these characteristics combine to give a composite direction to their line of motion. These individuals might be termed "coils" or "spirals." Their immediate direction is circular but ultimately they pursue a straight line course.

Circles and squares are agreed on one point regarding the ideas of coils and that is that they are positively screwy.