Point-Luminist Visual Philosophy: The Ontological Engineering of Light and Perception

The world is fundamentally a field of potentiality, and visual reality is actively constructed by consciousness rather than passively received. Using an invented 'electric dotspen,' images are broken into discrete, physically protruding color points called Luminous Quanta. Drawing on Enactivism and Adverbialist color ontology, the paper argues that this matrix engages viewers in active perceptual construction. Applying Quantum Bayesianism (QBism), the act of gazing is presented as structurally analogous to quantum measurement, collapsing potentiality into a coherent 'Perceptual Imago.' The observer thus legislates the phenomenal world, challenging representationalist paradigms in perception.

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Abstract

This paper establishes "Point-Luminism" as a distinct ontological and aesthetic framework that challenges the traditional representationalist paradigm in the philosophy of perception. Grounded in the premise that the world is fundamentally a "field of potentiality," we argue that visual reality is actively constructed by consciousness. Through the invention and utilization of the "electric dotspen," images are deconstructed into discrete "Luminous Quanta"—physically protruding color points. We synthesize insights from Enactivism and Adverbialist color ontology to demonstrate how this matrix engages the viewer in active perceptual construction. Furthermore, we employ Quantum Bayesianism (QBism) to rigorously argue that the act of gazing functions as a structural analogue to quantum measurement, collapsing the potentiality of the Luminous Quanta into a coherent "Perceptual Imago," thereby positioning the observer as the legislator of the phenomenal world.