Dude I’m not arguing that this instance isn’t symbolic. It clearly is.
And I did answer the question, it’s because complete uniformity is not interesting. Many people have access to multiple types of tiles, and by putting just slightly more effort into the design (making it a checkerboard instead of uniform) people can make it a lot more interesting.
Want another reason? To show that the plane is tiled by squares to begin with. This reason only works assuming the physical tiles are sufficiently big compared to the space between, but it definitely applies to designs made of fabric, for example. Or a wooden chessboard, where it’s important to the game to see where one square ends and another begins.
Any artist or designer, for either of these reasons, could easily stumble into using the checkerboard pattern in their own creations without any evil symbolism.
All I’m arguing is that it’s easy and likely for anyone to come up with the checkerboard on their own. It’s not inherently evil.
Dude I’m not arguing that this instance isn’t symbolic. It clearly is.
And I did answer the question, it’s because complete uniformity is not interesting. Many people have access to multiple types of tiles, and by putting just slightly more effort into the design (making it a checkerboard instead of uniform) people can make it a lot more interesting.
Want another reason? To show that the plane is tiled by squares to begin with. This reason only works assuming the physical tiles are sufficiently big compared to the space between, but it definitely applies to designs made of fabric, for example. Or a wooden chessboard, where it’s important to the game to see where one square ends and another begins.
Any artist or designer, for either of these reasons, could easily stumble into using the checkerboard pattern in their own creations without any evil symbolism.
All I’m arguing is that it’s easy and likely for anyone to come up with the checkerboard on their own. It’s not inherently evil.