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A frame around nothing, asking what it means for anything to begin.
Before the universe had light, structure, or even time, there is the question of what it means for anything to begin. "nothing" is a philosophical artifact: a paradox framed deliberately at the threshold of the Origins Archive. It represents the space where explanation collapses—where beginnings point toward something deeper than the events themselves. By attempting to frame nothing, we reveal that even emptiness requires a context.
A golden frame surrounding an empty field, representing the impossibility of framing nothing.
- Socrates
399 BCEphilosophicalEuropeHumanClassicalAthens - The Neijing Tu
200 CEphilosophicalstele19th CenturyChinese - Indra’s Net
300 CEphilosophicalAsiametaphorAncientIndia - The Zen Ensō
850 CEphilosophicalAsiasymbolMedievalAsian - Cogito, ergo sum
1637 CEphilosophicalEuropetextModernFrance - The I Ching
1703 CEphilosophicalAsiabookClassicalChina