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May 11 @ 2:34pm

DEFINITION XXX. Of four-sided figures, a square is that which has all its sides equal, and all its angles right angles.

I have constantly struggled with what art means to me. I frequently go to various art shows and poetry readings to figure that out but I almost never come back with anything. I see others affected emotionally by the colors or words and I yearn to feel that as well. Recently, I was in this art book store and I saw the cover to this book, The Elements of Euclid, and I immediately knew there was something special inside. When I opened it up and flipped through the stunning typeset and large colorful diagrams my heart literally jumped for joy. I was able to find an intersection of art and science and I was happy.

Q.E.D.

keeperofthefort says:: Me and thestraub ain't no squares. You're the square! And by that I mean nerd. Really awesome cool nerd.
Posted: May 11th, 2011 - 2:37pm - ∞

Hodges says:: Very nice! I hope the rest of the book is just as good!
Posted: May 11th, 2011 - 2:38pm - ∞

Binkleberry says:: Geometry was always my favorite math.
Posted: May 11th, 2011 - 2:40pm - ∞

The Hammer says:: I feel kind of stupid... I wish you could expalin in person
Posted: May 11th, 2011 - 2:44pm - ∞

jnonfiction says:: Math was always my least favorite math.
Posted: May 11th, 2011 - 2:49pm - ∞

Grower&Shower says:: Um, learning....

I'll try to make it to Jeremy's show but I am playing a show later that night. Will it be earlier by any chance?

Is this the right forum to make plans? Probably not.
Posted: May 11th, 2011 - 3:02pm - ∞

Dschonn says:: One of my teachers used to write W^5 instead of QED. It meant WWWWW, or Which Was What We Wanted.

I love math humor.
Posted: May 11th, 2011 - 3:25pm - ∞

derble says:: just read your blog. nice job!
Posted: May 11th, 2011 - 3:25pm - ∞

Easy Rider says:: Wow! Not sure what to say .... Wow!
Posted: May 11th, 2011 - 4:27pm - ∞

etcvisitor says:: CLAME for teseract!!! (wow, that sounds like some black magic ritual, or a demon to summon, but its just my favorite geometry).
Posted: May 11th, 2011 - 4:27pm - ∞

Senator Johnson says:: Oh, I thought that was a Mondrian coloring book. #artjokes
Posted: May 11th, 2011 - 5:14pm - ∞

Slor says:: SCIENCED!!!
Posted: May 11th, 2011 - 5:19pm - ∞

Klickastache says:: Super, Dude!
Posted: May 11th, 2011 - 6:19pm - ∞

Brian says:: Clame for a pretty cool link of artists who are inspired by science.
There may be something there your into. Great book, I've seen it a few times. Amazing
Posted: May 11th, 2011 - 6:45pm - ∞

Twisted Sistare says:: congratulations, my friend. art is friggin' weird because interpretation is subjective. it's always odd to see people get emotional over something you might not get yourself. I hope you enjoy having that over others with this book!
Posted: May 11th, 2011 - 7:28pm - ∞

Blastro says:: Books make me happy. I'm glad you found one that makes you happy.
Posted: May 11th, 2011 - 7:29pm - ∞

wondermade says:: 1. That book rules.
2. You look like me in this photo. In fact, I thought it was me until I got confused about a) the glasses b) not remembering taking the photo c) not remembering owning the book.
Posted: May 11th, 2011 - 7:30pm - ∞

rachel says:: I love it when you talk about feelings.
Posted: May 11th, 2011 - 7:47pm - ∞

Jason says:: SCIENCE!
Posted: May 11th, 2011 - 8:46pm - ∞

mrs. hungarian says:: oh my! I love this book, it makes me happy to even see a blip of it. when I lived in Vancouver, I met this kooky expat (a draft dodger and lived with mennonite families). I He wrote a bunch of interactive books about the metric system, homeopathy, and o. chem. He also happened to have a vintage clothing store which is where I bought a pair lederhosen for Adam. I will look for his info, I think you too should meet.
Posted: May 12th, 2011 - 10:37am - ∞

alijoon says:: etcvisitor I had that tab of your link open in my browser since you sent it. Hypershapes amaze and confound me.

Things like how a hypercube(teseract) is made up of 8 cubes(like how a cube is made up of 6 squares).

Or if our universe is actually a hypersphere and you shoot off into space in a straight line you would come back to the same point(like if a 2D person were to walk in a straight line on a sphere they would end up in the same place).

I know there are 2D projects of teseracts like on wikipedia, but I want to find a 3-D project of one like how we can draw 2D projects of cubes on paper. But we probably have nothing in our mind to comprehend how it can look in real life.
Posted: May 18th, 2011 - 4:13pm - ∞

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