figure and ground at once; it is the sense of 
ground prior to figures emerging or becoming 
detached. This sensibility relies on a very delicate 
equilibrium; the moment one or another figure 
begins to exaggerate itself or to dominate the 
situation, the balance is destroyed and the other 
elements begin to recede and to form a ground 
for it. “All other figures at once means ‘no figures’ 
= just outlines and interfaces, just structure.” All 
things are both figure and ground for each other. 
The left hemisphere relates to a logical, linear 
structure which complements the right 
hemisphere non-linear, free-flowing form. Without 
the other being present, advancing and receding,