i always was good at any sort of math, but i especially loved algebraic transformations (which i could do in my head faster than i could write them). it felt just like squeezing silly putty into different shapes, & the pleasure it gave me was almost tactile.
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"I have always found that Angels have the vanity
to speak of themselves as the only wise; this they
do with a confident insolence sprouting from systematic
reasoning." --William Blake