Three-period Lissajous

A single continuous line folds into a rotating helical knot, its three lobes casting a shadow that thickens into a second, negative knot. The entire figure is rendered in a single desaturated stroke that varies only in width, creating the illusion of volume from a flat plane. The contour oscillates between blade-thin and blunt, as though the curve’s tension is being measured in real time. Notice how the lobes align and misalign: every third rotation the spacing tightens, then relaxes again in a rhythm you can almost hear.