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Triangle symbols represent inner sight

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Because a normal set of eyes is never enough, esoteric art is obsessed with a geometric shape housing a single staring eye. Supposedly representing heightened inner perception, it has mainly succeeded in making paranoid people incredibly suspicious of currency and architecture.

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