Mapping of WH-questions with question-pairs onto a memorable polyhedron (a football)

Now as the Ultimate Cognitive Strange Attractor (Part #11)

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In the quest for ways of mapping WH-questions, and their pairing, one approach -- illustrated below -- is to configure 6 questions as hexagons. The contiguous edges then allow for mapping the question-pairs. However, the hexagonal metaphor privileges a single question -- the seventh at the centre. This suggests that this mapping is only useful if each question can take up the central position -- namely a dynamic mapping, rather than a static one. This could be valuable as a framing for the "now" which it is argued that the pattern of questions provides..

Indication of hexagonal array of WH-questions -- implying a resonance dynamic with other variants

The possible dynamic would then be better understood by configuration in three dimensions as a polyhedron. One widely recognizable form, which lends itself to the hexagonal patterning, is the truncated icosahedron -- most commonly recognized in the pattern of stitching of a football. It has 20 hexagonal faces and 12 pentagonal faces. Attribution of 20 questions to the hexagonal faces recalls the spoken parlor game Twenty Questions, which encourages deductive reasoning and creativity.

In that case however, the different hexagonal patterns (each with a central WH-question) is separated from the others by pentagonal shape. The result is illustrated in the image and animation below. A preliminary assumption is made that each WH-question can figure twice at the centre of a hexagonal pattern -- hence the indication of "a" and "b" variants. The two variants may well distinguish orderings of the hexagons around of different significance around each pentagon -- within the pattern as a whole.

Preliminary exercise in mapping WH-questions onto faces of a truncated icosahedron
2-dimensional unfolded net presentation	Animation of polyhedron

These are tentative exercises which contain problematic conditions on inspection. They may call for "adjustment" as with manipulation of a Rubik cube.

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