Sunday, February 15, 2026
Accuracy
"Pray for the grace of accuracy." — Robert Lowell
From Snaith's pages 76 and 77 —
Compare and contrast . . .
Wikipedia on the numbers of cubies and facelets —
"The puzzle consists of 26 unique miniature cubes,
also known as 'cubies' or 'cubelets'."
"A 3 × 3 × 3 Rubik's Cube consists of 6 faces, each with
9 colored squares called facelets, for a total of 54 facelets."
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
What’s in a Name?
"Third Man – an elderly American railway bum,
a schizophrenic, speaks with a Southern drawl"
"Art to which I fix my celebrated signature."
— "Third Man" in Victor Snaith's play "Changing Stations"
"Snaithing may thus be Smallfield . . . ."
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Saturday, July 3, 2021
Here, There, and Chicago
The above phrase "the intersection of storytelling and visual arts"
suggests a review . . .
Storytelling —
Visual arts —
"This pattern is a square divided into nine equal parts.
It has been called the 'Holy Field' division and
was used throughout Chinese history for many
different purposes, most of which were connected
with things religious, political, or philosophical."
– The Magic Square: Cities in Ancient China,
by Alfred Schinz, Edition Axel Menges, 1996, p. 71
A Midrash for Michener —
For a connection of the above "Holy Field"
with pure mathematics, see Coxeter's Aleph.
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