Some of you read Magical Math on Medium when I first began (consciously) playing with the idea that one + one has the potential to be greater (or less) than two. I love the concept and story much — it feels fundamental to how I want to show up in the world. When I published
A dorm-mate my freshman year in college referred to anyone appearing to be 50-ish as “Old Heads.” As I am that now I’ll say that I have a very peculiar jukebox in my head. Sometimes only a line or two, or even just a few words.
Just the same, “A whole lotta songs.” Apologies to Led Zeppelin. Your wonderful comments on 1+1 dredged up a number from my jukebox. “Helplessly Hoping,” by Crosby, Stills, and Nash. It goes, “They are one person, they are two alone, they are three together, they are for-or each other.” A clever turn of a phrase, using Magical Math. My bout with Differential Equations in college taught me that for some dummies, like I was and still can be, Math isn’t always magical!
Nevertheless I managed to stumble upon you in my former Medium days and now here on Born Free Newsletter. That must take some kind of math?
A dorm-mate my freshman year in college referred to anyone appearing to be 50-ish as “Old Heads.” As I am that now I’ll say that I have a very peculiar jukebox in my head. Sometimes only a line or two, or even just a few words.
Just the same, “A whole lotta songs.” Apologies to Led Zeppelin. Your wonderful comments on 1+1 dredged up a number from my jukebox. “Helplessly Hoping,” by Crosby, Stills, and Nash. It goes, “They are one person, they are two alone, they are three together, they are for-or each other.” A clever turn of a phrase, using Magical Math. My bout with Differential Equations in college taught me that for some dummies, like I was and still can be, Math isn’t always magical!
Nevertheless I managed to stumble upon you in my former Medium days and now here on Born Free Newsletter. That must take some kind of math?
A well-stitched tale!
Gail, you brought this piece together so well--magical math in many contexts. Perhaps that will be the title of your next book?