Information Density, Representability, and Perceptual Compression Across Tiered Structure

This paper presents a structural account of the relationship between information density and representability. It demonstrates that as information increases, the ability to distinguish and isolate elements decreases. At maximal information, systems become complete but non-separable, transitioning from depictable structure to integrated coherence. Observation is shown to occur only under compression, where observable states represent constrained projections of deeper relational structure. The paper further defines a structural threshold at which incoming information exceeds representational capacity, producing non-fluid processing, overload, and breakdown unless mediated through filtering, translation, or gating. The work positions representability as a constrained condition of observation rather than an intrinsic property of structure.