Lacan proposed that our experience of reality is filtered through three interconnected dimensions, often visualized as a Borromean knot:
In his final years, Lacan is a frail, old dandy with a receding hairline, still lecturing, still knotting rings. He invents new concepts: (the object-cause of desire—the thing you think will complete you, but when you get it, desire shifts). He whispers that there is no sexual relation —only fantasies and formulas, never a perfect fit between two speaking beings. Lacan proposed that our experience of reality is