John Baldessari's Throwing four balls in the air to get a square (best of 36 tries)

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In this series of pictures, Baldessari attempted to get a square.  He selected 8 of the best out of 36 tries (36 tries is the standard number of shots on a roll of 35mm film).

It seems that none of them look like a perfect square though, the shape is random and the thrower doesn't have full control of the outcome-- but that's only because they're seen from a single point of view.  The shape's perfection actually depends on how we view the ball formation.  Shift the angle a little and soon we'll see a perfect square for each of the photos.

We can't always control how things turn out but we can always control how we look at it.   :)