Understandable; humans have been artificially recreating nature since the cavemen. It’s our nature to synthesize.’
Arnold stood in the bathroom of his newly rented apartment, pondering its cladding.
A 12x12 tile covered the floor and all four walls. The same pink-veined beige tile, repeated 286 times.
‘But this imitation fails instantly due to the repetition. Nothing could be less realistic.’
He felt he’d been given insight into an anonymous tile designer’s mindset. He didn’t know how to interpret it, but he had a year-long lease to mull it over.