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2001: A Space Odyssey / The Meaning Explained

What is the
monolith
from 2001?

A street seen from above.

One avenue. Two ends. A change of perspective.

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One avenue, seen from above A schematic long rectangle connects a red sunrise viewpoint to a blue sunset viewpoint. Its outline echoes a monolith. SUNRISE 1st. March E W 1st. September SUNSET
01 - THE AVENUE Top view / Conceptual diagram
01 / A change of perspective

The MONOLITH.
Actual Meaning.

The Monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey is a street view from above, stretching from an eastern point of beginning to a western point of end. It shows life in all its stages, from its origin to its extinction.

The Monolith is a street, avenue: a long, dark shape, view from above, taking the form of a monolith. From the ground, it is a long road, leading toward the horizon; view from above, it takes the shape of a single, geometric form. The change in perspective transforms the same road into the Monolith.

02 / One avenue. Two ends.

The MONOLITH.
Two Life Perspectives.

Its two defining moments mirror the human condition: beginning and end, marked by the Sun rising on one end of the street (the Monolith) and setting on the other.

For humanity, the Monolith represents the Street of Life: birth, aging, emergence, and decline. “Space” refers to the environment in which a person exists.

The Monolith (the Street) and two major astronomical events of DVAVIDA - the beginning of summer, marked by sunrise (1st. March), on the eastern side, and the end of summer, marked by sunset (1st. September), on the western side - together form a visual hexagram and Six-pointed star of DVAVIDA.

Stanley Kubrick did not film aliens. He filmed the Street.

01 / Sunrise / East side / Start

1st. March

First Summer Beginning.

02 / Sunset / West side / Finish

1st. September

Second Summer Beginning.

Two symbolic beginnings in the DVAVIDA cycle.

03 / A Life Odyssey 281.

A Space Odyssey.
Numbers “2001”.
Actual Meaning.

DVAVIDA: A Life Oddysey.

2001 - The number encodes 281.
8 - The cycle of DVAVIDA (Two Summers).
28 - The length of the MONOLITH in miles: 2.8 miles (4.5 km).
2 - Second Summer (DVA).
1 - First Summer (VIDA).

04 / Throne of Creator 26.

Throne of Creator 26.
DAD/SUN.

The MONOLITH is The Home (BOX-44) of DVAVIDA (Two Summers).

West Side 1st. September FINISH ← X ← START 1st. March East Side.

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05 / DVAVIDA: A Life Odyssey.

DVAVIDA.
A Life Odyssey.

DVAVIDA Eternal Cycle - Trajectory of Life Path.

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06 / The real DVAVIDA reference

Monolith you can find.

Nevsky Prospekt

St. Petersburg, Russia.
59.933075, 30.344851

The best place to hide something is in plain sight. The Monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey is in plain sight of everyone. There are many of them around the world. (Full list coming soon)

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Birth. Death. Rebirth.
Life’s Odyssey.

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