on numbers
by richibi
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one is a lonely number
but let there be four – 11:11 – and the
angels are passing, a.m. or p.m.
two is the natural minimum from which
grows three, a pyramid, also a trinity,
or even a Trinity
then four, which is solid, foursquare,
even cubic, therefore a house
five, a pentagon, authority
many is a polyptych, representing a
multiplicity, metaphysically a polis, a
community, from the Greek for “many
folds”, or, extrapolating, manifold
twelve, a dozen, and so forth
numbers, in other words, talk, signify
within a context something specific to
that context that is not stated but
instinctively ever understood, animals
flee when confronted with uncomfortable
numbers
but countless they also shimmer, like
stars, a panoply, a myriad
also like works of art
therefore the polyptych above, do click,
for a magnificent reproduction, see it
bring together parts of a whole, in one
place, at one time, and transcending
imaginatively even earthly dimensions,
for our contemplation
therefore also “Vingt regards sur l’Enfant
Jésus“, which I spoke of in my last posting,
my first to this, my second day of C…mas
you get art and music through the senses,
instinctively, unlike the murkier medium
of words, which can be cryptic
numbers speak louder, which is to say,
than ever words
read my lips
Richard
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