Poetry is a sort of inspired mathematics, which gives us equations, not for abstract figures, triangles, squares, and the like, but for the human emotions. If one has a mind which inclines to magic rather than science, one will prefer to speak of these equations as spells or incantations; it sounds more arcane, mysterious, recondite.
Ezra Pound (via palingenesis144)
This reminds me a bit of Mezangelle, which I could never get into but always loved the aesthetic of. It’s easy to imagine a religious or magical permutation of Mezangelle.
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Excellent, now I can tell people the reason I don’t like poetry is that it’s a branch of mathematics.