Pythagorean Tile

Blue Triangle Security Envelope Pattern from the S.E.C.R.E.T. Archive

KINGDOM: Stationery (stationeria)

PHYLUM: Envelope (envelopia)

CLASS: Security (obscurifera)

ORDER: Geometric (geometrica)

FAMILY: Repetitive (formata)

GENUS: Triangles (triangulata)

SPECIES: Blue (BLU)

NUMBER: 001

CONTRIBUTOR: Joseph King

COMMON NAME: Pythagorean Tile

LATIN NAME: Triangula pythagorica

CODE NAME: GEO_RPT_TRI_BLU_001_JK.jpg

SOURCE: Joseph King – Flickr

FIELD NOTES:

A triumph of self-assured repetition, Triangula pythagorica assembles right-angled triangles into an unwavering grid—each one aligned with the calm conviction of a proof long since solved. The pattern’s orderly rhythm exudes a quiet confidence, as if trusting fully in the eternal reliability of Euclidean space.

While its aesthetic leans toward the austere, the tiling generates a subtle optical hum—comparable to the drone of fluorescent lighting or the echo of an unsupervised philosophical debate. Field researchers often report sensations of calculated serenity, occasionally accompanied by an inexplicable urge to label household items with Greek letters.

This specimen appears most often in financial correspondence that means business—but only within strictly defined margins. It does not improvise, it does not deviate. It makes triangles.

Behavioral Traits:

  • Adheres to the laws of geometry even when shredded.

  • May summon a faint scent of dry-erase markers when agitated.

  • Cannot be folded along irrational angles without protest.