I’ve always found the topic about infinity interesting as it explores mostly the unknown, whether that be the vastness of space, math, etc. The way I would describe infinity would be something that we have no or little control over, and something that has no limit, or at least a limit that we cannot fathom or understand. We experience some type of infinity in out every day lives, pretty commonly, from infinite refills, to seemingly infinite red lights, to the earth travelling in the infinity of space, orbiting around a sun which is also travelling into the infinity, which is also orbiting around a galaxy heading towards infinity, and so on, you get the point.
An object that I would represent infinity as is a Möbius strip, which is a sort of paradoxical object that could be made even from a piece of paper. The reason I chose this object, is due to its oddly weird properties, which somewhat tie into infinity. It is an object that only has one side to itself, continuing on for infinity, as well as looking like the infinity symbol from a certain perspective. If you were to cut a Möbius strip in half at a certain angle, it would double in size and be twice as long, if you were to do it again, it would double again, and as you cut it, it would become infinitely long, and infinitely thin.
I really like the concept of a Mobius strip, I never heard of it before. It looks very interesting and like a puzzle drawing. It reminds me of topology, which is a branch of mathematics that deals with geometric shapes which are twisting and turning. It reminds me of my drawing that I did for infinity assignment, that was an ouroboros, which is a serpent that is eating its own tail to represent a never-ending from the beginning which is the head and the end which is the tail. The ouroboros is also twisting its body, just as the Mobius strip object.
Great examples of infinity in day-to-day life (“infinite refills” is my fave!). I love the Mobius strip, too – you should check out the Klein Bottle for the 3D version 🙂