Phenomenon : changes that occur naturally
Visual Law : the workings of perception
Judgment : an internal orientation born in response to a phenomenon
Act :the movement of the body
Generation：The phenomenon of emergence
Dictionary of Thought: The Three Phases Within a Painting
An internal orientation acting upon phenomena; continuous in the Front Layer, suspended in the Back Layer.
The primordial realm before visual laws are activated, or before they manifest as physical form or order.
A state in which direction, center of gravity, and the center remain undifferentiated, and the movement of the image has not yet begun.
Minimalism (such as Stella), where only the external appearance has converged, is classified here in the sense that no visual generation occurs.
The rules (center of gravity, direction, center, etc.) that the eye naturally applies to phenomena on the surface of a painting. Once activated, they function as a force that organizes visual inputs and drives them toward stability. They remain dormant in Pre-generation, operate continuously without converging in the Front Layer, and achieve stability in the Back Layer.
The internal static zone before judgment arises.
Phenomena exist, but no orientation has yet occurred.
The deepest internal layer that emerges between the act of drawing and the act of looking. A layer in which the center has not yet appeared—a primordial site of fluctuation just before the center is born, moves, and begins to breathe.
An internal fluctuation (Before-Origin) appears on the surface, and visual laws remain continuously activated without converging. A dynamic realm that keeps the viewer’s eye in constant motion. Judgment never stops, the image does not converge, multiple possibilities remain open simultaneously, and generation continues.
A functional unity established through the continuity of judgment, the fluctuation of the center of gravity, the openness of direction, the non-fixity of the center, and the ongoing process of generation.
A temporary center that emerges while the center of gravity continuously fluctuates. Its position is never fixed, functioning as a point of origin that generates the next judgment.
A state within the image where the center of gravity never drops into a single point, continuously shifting between multiple possibilities.
A state where line of sight and judgment do not converge into a single direction, remaining open toward multiple vectors.
An operation where judgment never suspends, continuously summoning the next judgment. The fundamental tone of the Front Layer.
The phenomenon of the image continuously coming into being. A state that does not culminate in structure, remaining entirely open.
The domain in which activated visual laws converge toward a final point or a firm order, resulting in a static and fixed phenomenon.
Judgment comes to a halt, direction converges, the center of gravity falls into a single point, and the center becomes fixed.
The image closes and equilibrium is established.
The equilibrium established through the cessation of judgment.
The image closes, and a magnetic field of meaning emerges.
A fixed center that governs the image and controls the overall balance, positioned at the middle of the surface or at a designated point.
A state in which the previously fluctuating center of gravity falls into a single point, establishing the equilibrium of the image.
A state in which multiple directions converge into a single vector, causing the gaze to come to rest.
The operation in which judgment stops its continuity and the image closes.
Visual laws become fully stable and harmonized, and the viewer no longer seeks further visual exploration.