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Category Archives: Go Figure

GO FIGURE: “Strange Loops,” Dancing Braids, and the Power of Curiosity
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GO FIGURE: “Strange Loops,” Dancing Braids, and the Power of Curiosity

Posted on December 5, 2017 by Bloom • 1 Comment

By Susan Sechrist

“…while you don’t need to be an artist to appreciate art, or a musician to love music, our culture seems to insist that only mathematicians do math.” Continue reading →

GO FIGURE: “Requires Great Fantasy”
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GO FIGURE: “Requires Great Fantasy”

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Bloom • Leave a comment

By Susan Sechrist

“The fiction is self-contained and self-referential; it can stand alone as a finished version of reality, albeit in a consensually-agreed upon, useful disguise.” Continue reading →

GO FIGURE: Overthrown
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GO FIGURE: Overthrown

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Bloom • 1 Comment

By Susan Sechrist

…unlike the simplest mathematical hyperbola, with its matching twin curves riven and moving toward different infinities, these stories don’t reflect across an obvious boundary condition—there is no simple, congruent image on the other side… Continue reading →

GO FIGURE: Not “an Atom of Meaning in It…”
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GO FIGURE: Not “an Atom of Meaning in It…”

Posted on May 25, 2017 by Bloom • Leave a comment

By Susan Sechrist

“Who in the world am I?… I’m sure I’m not Ada… and I’m sure I can’t be Mabel, for I know all sorts of things, and she, oh! She knows such a very little! Besides, she’s she and I’m I and – oh dear, how puzzling it all is!…” Continue reading →

GO FIGURE: Proof of Concept
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GO FIGURE: Proof of Concept

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Bloom • 4 Comments

By Susan Sechrist

The older we get, with maturity and wisdom, the more adventurous we can become. The segregation of complex ideas into distinct categories ceases to be useful or even necessary – what we once feared or needed some semblance of control over becomes the very source of our later-in-life creativity. Continue reading →

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