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Penrose Triangle

Penrose Triangle

CulturalSeed

sacred-geometry

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Construction note

Three beams that cannot coexist in 3-space.

About this symbol

Meaning: An 'impossible' tribar of perpetual ascent.
Culture / origin: Cross-cultural geometric tradition
Era: Antiquity to the present
Historical context: Geometric and 'sacred geometry' figures recur across mathematics, art and esoteric thought as models of proportion, symmetry and cosmos.

Universal geometric form in the public domain.

Tags

geometrysacredpattern

SVG source

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