From a Huffington Post  discussion of aesthetics:
“The image below on the left… is… overly simplistic, and lacks reality:

IMAGE - Two eightfold cubes-  axonometric view on left, perspective view on right

It’s all a matter of perspective: the problem here is that opposite sides
of the cube, which are parallel in real life, actually look parallel in the
left image! The image on the right is better….”
A related discussion:  Eight is a Gate.