@tb Yesterday, while walking back home, I realised something trivial but interesting (at least, the first time you realise it): about describing something from above and below. This is in connection with our chat with Benjamin. I was thinking about the topological closure operator, and first I thought it can only be defined from above; it didn't have a description from below.
It took a few minutes to realise that sequential characterisation is the right "below below" definition. [I know this works best in metric spaces, and needs additional work for general topologies, but ignore that.]