the.com/panels
Flat rectangles doing the heavy lifting of walls, comics, and democracy alike.
means Distinct sections of a surface, screen, or group — whether a wall segment, a comic frame, or a small body of people convened to decide or discuss.
from From Old French panel, a piece of cloth, via Latin pannus, cloth — a scrap that grew into everything from saddle pads to expert committees.
Jury rootsA jury panel was literally a cloth list of names.
ComicsEach frame is a panel; the gaps are gutters.
SolarPanels convert sunlight while sitting perfectly still.