Yesterday was Pi day, you know March 14 (3.14). Well at our school we don’t have math on Mondays so we are celebrating today. But today I am attuned to all things circular.
Thinking about this relationship between the radius of each circle and its circumference enlarges the mystery of the world as I walk through it. I am surrounded by infinity invisibly enclosed in every finite ring, ball, clock, orange, drawer pull…it is so common. An infinity that is common, concrete, touchable yet still invisible and unreachable, what a wonder. I can even draw one with my pencil, doodle little circles and bubbles all over my planner. And then my mind wanders to the circles I draw around myself, including and excluding. Infinity becomes warm and confining at the same time. I think about one of my favorite quotes:
“Beware of the power of circles.
If you want to destroy something in this life,
If you want to destroy something in this life,
be it a blemish or a human soul, all you
need to do is surround it with thick walls.
need to do is surround it with thick walls.
It will dry up inside.”
- Elif Shafak
Well, I first put your quote on my sticky note/quote collection on my desk top. I've never heard it before. It's a wonderful set of words to live by. And I love the way you continually connect things, circling around until we are given the main point of PI day, at least this time. You make me think.
ReplyDeleteThe quote certainly makes me think. It makes me consider the circles I draw around myself, but even more, the ones I attempt to draw around my children.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the really intriguing ideas!
Wow, well said. The quote definitely threads your blog together along with your connections of circles and how they are ever present in our daily lives. As Stephanie said, it challenges me to consider the circles I have placed around myself, and perhaps the circles I have placed around others, attempting to keep them at bay for one reason or another.
ReplyDeleteWhat??? Have just the Pi day come and then gone?
ReplyDeleteI think I have missed it. Not compleately but I didn't realized yesterday was the Pi day. I was too busy at school talking about pragmatics and linguistics in general...
I'd better point out I was studing Math and Physics last year... Now I am in the Edcational field. Have a nice day.
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