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Other expressions of the paradox to assemble/ to separate

- analytic expression from the a6 type: the shoulders and the thighs of the figures firmly assemble with their trunk, whereas their hands and their feet are separating, going towards opposite directions

- analytic expression from the a1 type: because they are very closed, the two "almost stuck" figures assemble (which is symbolized on the sketch by the red ring added), but a gap remains separating them

- analytic expression from the a15 type: the figures assemble in an unbroken line forming a continuous weave, and we can locate each of them separately

- analytic expression from the a4 type: some figures assemble by a continuous link, whereas other ones are separated by a gap

- synthetic expression from the s13 type: the figures assembling in a continuous chain (in green on the sketch) isolate the figures which are not chained (in black on the sketch) the ones from the others. So, they separate them

- analytic expression from the a13 type: the figure at the top (red) and the one in the centre (green) are clearly separated, and they are linked together (assembled) by a continuous line

- synthetic expression from the s11 type: the repetition of the U-shape visually assembles the whole figures in this same effect of U, but this effect is precisely an effect of separation, the effect of separation of the arms and the legs leaving the trunk

Other expressions of the paradox synchronized/ incommensurable

- analytic expression from the a3 type: the regularity of the overall weave formed by the figures is very surprising, because they are drawn top-to-tail and they have different scales (big figures insert among smaller ones, obviously drawn at a smaller scale). In addition, some are completely isolated in the centre of a vacuum, floating without any tie to the nearby ones

- analytic expression from the a10 type: the arms and the legs are both drawn in the same way of a U - and yet, the arms and the feet look different

Other expressions of the paradox continuous/cut

- analytic expression from the a6 type: some figures group together in a continuous chain (in green on the sketch), whereas the others are isolated and cut the ones from the others (in black on the sketch)

- synthetic expression from the s14 type: the drawing of the figures forms a continuous line (left sketch), but this line is cut in successive stages, each of them being one of the different figures (right sketch)

- analytic expression from the a2 type: some paths continuously follow the background of the drawing, thanks to the gaps between the figures. In reverse, due to figures in chain, the path through the background is completely cut in other directions

- synthetic expression from the s1 type: the arms and the legs of the figures form continuous lines sharply cut off at the place of the hands and of the feet

- first synthetic expression from the s11 type (upper sketch): each figure is made with a continuous line cut in successive stages, each of them being a line segment clearly separated

- second synthetic expression from the s11 type (lower sketch): in the lower part of the engraving (to look at this part: ), the figures are not linked together by a continuous line, but they continuously repeat, side by side, each of them marking a distinct stage in this continuous band cut in stages they are forming together

- synthetic expression from the s8 type: the figures grouping in a continuous chain (in green on the sketch) cut the other figures the ones from the others (in black on the sketch) - remark: in the expression a2 we were looking at the difference among the figures (some are linked, other are separated), here we consider the action of some figures separating the other

Other expressions of the paradox tied/independent

- synthetic expression from the s11 type: in the lower part of the engraving (to look at this part: ), the figures repeat, clearly isolated, then independent. Doing this, they tie together in the several horizontal or vertical bands they are forming together

- analytic expression from the a7 type: in the upper part of the engraving (first drawing) the figures are almost systematically tied together by continuous lines, whereas in the lower part of the engraving (second drawing, and its beginning at the bottom of the first drawing) the figures are clearly independent, separated the ones from the others


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