The one plus one is equal to three or more is a metaphor borrowed from Joseph Albers we are using to discuss sculpture and image.
Joseph Albers was a phenomenal teacher and artist. Check him out if you don't know about him already-->Josef Albers, "One Plus One Equals Three or More: Factual Facts and Actual Facts,"
in Albers, Search Versus Re-Search (Hartford, 1969), pp. 17-18.
