BINARY CODE VERSUS TRIANGLES

Levi-Strauss’ theory of Structuralism, binary opposites which define each other, is one of my favorite theories. Completely understandable. I am versus I am not—I’ve already mentioned it in reference to Jesus, right? And yet there are these triangles which seem to hold importance—the holy trilogy, right?

I like to think of time as non-linear because that’s how it feels to me—sometimes passing very quickly and in other circumstances slowly. I tried to read J. Barbour’s book, The End of Time, about how time doesn’t really exist, but I got lost in the charts and graphs, especially once he introduced the third dimension; however, I enjoyed his imagery of a bag full of triangles being emptied, blue and green triangles and they gave off a mist. Yeah, I could walk through that tasting the flavors of the quarks, but then when he plotted these things on a graph I just didn’t follow. He got me outside of Newton’s theater of time and space, but then I didn’t know where I was.

What I’m trying to say is that I love this concept of binary opposites, but maybe it only goes so far. I think life must be based on something more complex, at least with a third dimension. Perhaps triangles are a good basis, which can build more complex shapes from there according to the laws of trigonometry. If binary opposition is so useful and fundamental, where does the third point come in? Does it form the sinister right angle? Is it the axis of evil? But what of these triangles and their six different types? Are they models to shape our lives? Have they already shaped our lives? Interesting that when you mold their angles to extremes they come out in binary opposites—acute or obtuse. Wow, it would be really intriguing to write a six character play based off the types of triangles wouldn’t it? To hang personality types on triangles. I guess the Zodiac has already done that, but doubled so each has an opposite. Again, interesting.

Are there versus to be written here, or have I fallen into an asymptote?