Visualizing the E₈ root system
The above diagram is a visualization of the E₈ root system, which consists of 240 vectors in an eight-dimensional space; one of the largest and most complicated structures in mathematics.
Alexander sees Dan Brown and the Campadoglio; I see a mandala, which feels correct here – the act of tracing each line to its completion is more important, and discernible, than the completed object; all which remains is the destruction of this work, and the reincarnation of the next E₈ visualization.