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Two abstract 3D renders. Left: geometric shapes in a clear glass block. Right: similar shapes in a swirling blue cloud.

Two abstract 3D renders. Left: geometric shapes in a clear glass block. Right: similar shapes in a swirling blue cloud.

I want to create an image. It would be to illustrate (suggestive) the difference between a Newtonian substantivalist conception of space and a Leibnizian relational conception. I was thinking that the image to consist of two images side by side, both showing the same collection of spatial objects clearly standing in various spatial distances one from another (exactly the same in both images). But in one of the two images the objects should look as if they're embedded in a block of glass (which is intended to be suggestive of Newton's absolute space). Can you create such an image? See more