Say there are only images which in themselves wholes, like grains of sand which are understood to be worlds appearing as such. And say that these are effectively and in particular held within a master image three at a time, so that one is the object of attention, the second is that through which the object of attention appears and the third is is what is pushed into the background so that the other two can be in that relation. For example the object of thought, the image of the thinking mind and the image of the body-in-the-world in which that mind is lodged. Viewed statically there is no place for the subject in this picture but when considered dynamically, so that the terms or their equivalents can switch places in kind of shuttling weave then the illusion arises of the subject being held within the structure arises. There is a play of reflections, as if each of the images contains a displaced reflection of the other two, and so it can seem as if an infinite regression of reflected reflections is possible and so then, even though the true subject or witnessing never appears it can seem to be caught, or trapped within a crystal. The reflecting structure accounts for why it can never be grasped because nothing in it is ever quite where it appears, and this is how what is called identification arises. It is held in place by image-thoughts which are always off-stage, while off-stage itself is reflected in the image. To flatten out this topology would be to break free from the fascination inherent in the structure. There being no fascination outside of it.