Horror Vacui: The Fear of the Void

The hosts explore the concept of horror vacui, or the fear of empty space, and its origins in the writings of Aristotle. They discuss how this aversion to emptiness applies to various fields such as physics, art, and religion, and examine examples of artists who embrace horror vacui in their work. The chapter also analyzes the association of busyness and chaos with bad things, and emptiness with order and righteousness in art and religious paintings.