The shortest distance between two points isa line but the shortest distance between youand the poem or the novel you say you wantto write (someday, not today) is the first word you write on the page or on the screen,after you hear the couple next door f… Read on blog or Reader Via Negativa Read on blog or Reader Relative Distance By Luisa A. Igloria on August 2, 2024 The shortest distance between two points is a line but the shortest distance between you and the poem or the novel you say you want to write (someday, not today) is the first word you write on the page or on the screen, after you hear the couple next door fighting about one or another thing as they always seem to do this time of day while a baby cries somewhere in the background. But what is the square of the hypotenuse of the right angles formed by a memory of your mother humming as she worked at her sewing machine, the sound of your father laughing late at night while watching the Lucy and Desi Comedy Hour in his bathrobe; and the first sirens that split day from night after the Declaration of Martial Law? The word theorem comes from the Greek theorema, meaning to look at and see. The Pythagorean theorem has been used in architecture to ascertain the stability and precision of structures, from pyramids to skyscrapers. You can calculate the roof height and pitch angle, but as some photography tricks show, what you see is not always how it is. You can stand at one end of the garden and I can stand on the porch steps so when I angle my palm a certain way, it would seem you are perched in the hollow of my hand. An observer could say this is also true. Comment

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