Yeah, I agree. If we see ourselves as not "part of the system"
  we can boil things... down to 3. The focal point in the middle
  is somewhat fuzzy and awkward - imagine what its like to be in
  the middle of a magnet, between positive and negative poles? We
  always forget about the middle and have things as "duality". Oh
  I could go on, incorporating square root of 2 - the importance
  of diagonals as a clue ... "