zz: Reply to Peter: Hexiflexigon

[Ted Nelson <ted@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I missed this point.  Peter said
>>This
>>still has me thinking in cubes, but I understand that Zigzag is
>>multidimensional. I can't quite get my head around that, but maybe geodesic
>>or polyhedral figures offer a clue. Or soap bubbles. Remember
>>Hexaflexigons?

And I said
>Geodesic and polyhedral figures and soap bubbles
> are all 3D.

But hexiflexigons (sp?) HFGs-- were more like ZZ: 
 folding objects which opened and closed variously.
 As I recall, each triangle (cell) connected with several
 others in paradoxical patterns.

So I think the HFG may map directly to a particular
 ZZ structure.  Not sure.

ChrzT
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