Infinite Regression

Here is the painting of a landscape. 
  But the artist who painted that picture says, 
  - Something is missing.  What is it? 
  It is I myself who was a part of the landscape I painted. 
  So he mentally takes a step backward 
  - or 'regresses' -- and paints... 

  ...a picture of the artist painting 
  a picture of the landscape. 
  And still something is missing.  And that 
  something is still his real self 
  painting the second picture.  So he 
  'regresses' further and paints a third... 

  ...a picture of the artist painting a 
  picture of the artist painting a 
  picture of the landscape.  And because 
  something is still missing, he paints a 
  fourth and fifth picture... 

  ...until there is a picture of 
  the artist painting a picture of the 
  artist painting a picture of the 
  artist painting a picture of the 
  artist painting the landscape. 

  So infinite regression is-- 

  --It is the moment when our artist, 
  having regressed to the point of 
  infinity, himself becomes a part 
  of the picture he has painted and 
  is both the Observer and the observed. 

  Well, in that peculiar condition, 
  what would he be observing if he were observing 
  Time? 

  He would perceive, Mr.  Bonds, that Time is like 
  a freeway with an infinite number of 
  'lanes' 

  -- all leading from the past 
  into the future.  But not into the 
  same future.  A driver in Lane 'A' 
  may crash, while a driver in Lane 'B' 
  survives.  It follows that a driver, 
  by changing lanes, can change his 
  future. 

  Mr.  Bonds, i think that time can 
  fully be understood by an observer 
  with the Godlike gift of infinite 
  regression 

  Do you believe that? 

  Absolutely!  I think it is the only explanation.