Dear Thinkers,

Poets tell us how different things are mostly the same. Robert Frost showed us how fireflies were like the stars (although they don’t shine for as long). Mathematicians show us how the same thing can be thought of in many different ways. Last week we saw that 3/4 could be 9 inches, $0.75, or 45 minutes.

The wide world is a messy and complex place that doesn’t seem to make much sense. But, if we learn to think metaphorically like poets and analytically like mathematicians, some sense of order is possible.

Sincerely,

Mr. Heimbuck