The Mathematical Intelligencer Vol. 10, Issue 1, page 3 (Dec. 1988) . . .
http://www.log24.com/noindex-pdf/
Cullinane-letter-Artes_Liberales-Intelligencer.pdf —
Not a snowflake . . .
Related material . . . "Omnibus ex Nihilo."
And, for the Church of Synchronology —
Log24 on the above Instagram date:
September 8, 2022 — Chevron Variations.
Some background . . .
A letter in The Mathematical Intelligencer, January 1988
http://www.log24.com/noindex-pdf/
Cullinane-letter-Artes_Liberales-Intelligencer.pdf —
A literary reference suggested by the previous post and by
today's 2 AM post "Show" —
See also Snowflake in this journal.
A scholium on the previous post, "Mother Ship Meets Mother Church" —
"Consider Saint Hedwig of Silesia (1174–1243), for example,
who is elegantly depicted in this catalogue, striking a pose
with her prayer book, rosary, and Virgin and child statue
(a reminder of the legitimacy of her sex), along with boots
slung over her elbow so she could walk barefoot like
the apostles. Between miracles, she was also known to
supervise construction of new convents. Hedwig is but
a snowflake on the iceberg of the extraordinary role of
actual women in the Middle Ages, to which more evidence
is added continually thanks the Feminae database."
Made-up quote from an imaginary celebrity
in today's online New York Times —
"Lighten up and enjoy the act, snowflake."
Related material —
Ending Credits, a Log24 post of Jan. 26, 2015.
Organic Symmetry
"Benzene is a natural constituent of petroleum
and is one of the elementary petrochemicals.
Due to the cyclic continuous pi bonds between
the carbon atoms, benzene is classed as an
aromatic hydrocarbon. Benzene is a colorless
and highly flammable liquid with a sweet smell,
and is partially responsible for the aroma of gasoline."
Anti-Organic Symmetry —
For those who prefer more elaborate decorations —
1. A Facebook image from last August …
2. The Facebook glider suggests a tune from "The Thomas Crown Affair"
(1968) that appeared in a Dec. 16, 2018 post on Christianity and
"interlocking names"—
The revised lyrics describe a square space.
3. An even more elaborate square space:
the Dance of the Snowflakes from
Balanchine's version of The Nutcracker —
See Ballet Blanc in this journal.
For a darker perspective, click on the image below.
See also Cartier in The Hexagon of Opposition.
Happy birthday to Kirk Douglas.
From a search for "snowflake" in this journal —
See also the January 13 death of a mathematician,
graph theorist Ralph Faudree of the University of Memphis.
Two hymns that may or may not be relevant:
Walking in Memphis and Come Falda di Neve,
the song that plays over the ending credits of
Exorcist III —
†
Those who prefer more-secular music may consult
Princeton Requiem, a post from the day of Faudree's death.
Continued from November 30, 2014
"Number right → Everything right." — Burkard Polster.
See also the six posts of November 30, St. Andrew's Day.
Related material —
Peter J. Cameron today discussing Julia Kristeva on poetry …
"This seems to be saying that the Kolmogorov
complexity of poetry is very low: the entire poem
can be generated from a small amount of information."
… and this journal on St. Andrew's day :
From "A Piece of the Storm,"
by the late poet Mark Strand —
A snowflake, a blizzard of one….
Reality's Mirror: Exploring the Mathematics of Symmetry —
"Here is a book that explains in laymen language
what symmetry is all about, from the lowliest snowflake
and flounder to the lofty group structures whose
astonishing applications to the Old One are winning
Nobel prizes. Bunch's book is a marvel of clear, witty
science writing, as delightful to read as it is informative
and up-to-date. The author is to be congratulated on
a job well done." — Martin Gardner
"But, sweet Satan, I beg of you, a less blazing eye!"
— Rimbaud, A Season in Hell
"… the lowliest snowflake and flounder…."
— Martin Gardner
Continued from June 17, 2009 —
"I sit now in a little room off the bar
at four-thirty in the morning drinking
ochas and then mescal and writing this
on some Bella Vista notepaper I filched
the other night…."
— Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano
See too a search for Snowflake in this journal.
This word may serve as Mark Strand's "Rosebud."
From "A Piece of the Storm," by the late poet Mark Strand —
A snowflake, a blizzard of one….
From notes to Malcolm Lowry's "La Mordida" —
he had invested, in the Valley of the Shadow of Death….
See also Weyl's Symmetry in this journal.
Review of a book first published in 1989—
Reality's Mirror: Exploring the Mathematics of Symmetry —
"Here is a book that explains in laymen language
what symmetry is all about, from the lowliest snowflake
and flounder to the lofty group structures whose
astonishing applications to the Old One are winning
Nobel prizes. Bunch's book is a marvel of clear, witty
science writing, as delightful to read as it is informative
and up-to-date. The author is to be congratulated on
a job well done." — Martin Gardner
A completely different person whose name
mirrors that of the Mathematics of Symmetry author —
See also this journal on the date mentioned in the Princetonian .
"Always with a little humor." — Yen Lo
Wikipedia (links added)—
"Hubbard coined Dianetics from the Greek stems dia ,
meaning through, and nous , meaning mind."
"The snow kept falling on the world,
big white flakes like white gloves."
— Frederick Seidel, "House Master,"
poem in The New Yorker of Sept. 3, 2012
Detail of Aug. 30 illustration, with added arrow—
The part of the illustration at upper right is from a post of
Friday, July 13th, 2012, on the death of producer Richard Zanuck.
"Pay no attention to the shadow behind the curtain."
Part I:
Ratio
Continued from…
|
White and Geometric,
but not Eternal. |
Part II:
Fides
For more information,
click on the cocktail.
The figures are:
A symbol of Apollo from
Balanchine's Birthday and
A Minature Rosetta Stone,
a symbol of pure reason from
Visible Mathematics and
Analogical Train of Thought,
a symbol of Venus from
Why Me? and
To Graves at the Winter Solstice,
and, finally, a more
down-to-earth symbol,
adapted from a snowflake in
Those who prefer their
theological art on the scary side
may enjoy the
Christian Snowflake
link in the comments on
the "Logos" entry of
Orthodox Easter (May 1), 2005.
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