: Edward S. Casey describes edges and frames not as literal limits where activity stops, but as structures that "shelter and support" the image, opening up possibilities for it to emerge.
: Far from just excluding what is outside, the frame can give the internal image a "special energy" in spatial and temporal dimensions that it would otherwise lack. August 2025 - Maya Decipherment Phenomenology of the visual arts (even the frame)
: The frame acts as a boundary that distinguishes the "inside" of the artwork from the "outside" world. It can function simultaneously as an artistic element that integrates the work and as a "defense" against the exterior world. : Edward S