One Is One; One Is Thirteen! The Magic Of Numbers In Numbers

Above: That is how America looks at numbers today (image[1] from The MIT Press, mitpress.mit.edu). It’s literal, not literate. It’s serial, not progressive. It’s sequential, not consequential. It’s mathematical, not magical!

Again, waking up from a dream: This morning (Friday), I’m coming up with something New from something Old.

Today is 13. But that is only in the manner of mathematics.

These are mundane numbers:

1.
1 is 1.
1 is 1 in 2.
1 is 1 in 3.
1 is 1 in 4.
1 is 1 in 5.
1 is 1 in 6.
1 is 1 in 7.
1 is 1 in 8.
1 is 1 in 9.
1 is 1 in 10.
1 is 1 in 11.
1 is 1 in 12.
1 is 1 in 13…..

One.
One is One in One.
One is One in Two.
One is One in Three.
One is One in Four.
One is One in Five.
One is One in Six.
One is One in Seven.
One is One in Eight.
One is One in Nine.
One is One in Ten.
One is One in Eleven.
One is One in Twelve.
One is One in Thirteen…..

That is counting in Total, in Company. You should count in Strength, in Unity! Like these magical numbers:

1.
1 is 1.
1 is 2.
1 is 3.
1 is 4.
1 is 5.
1 is 6.
1 is 7.
1 is 8.
1 is 9.
1 is 10.
1 is 11.
1 is 12.
1 is 13…..

One.
One is One.
One is Two.
One is Three.
One is Four.
One is Five.
One is Six.
One is Seven.
One is Eight.
One is Nine.
One is Ten.
One is Eleven.
One is Twelve.
One is Thirteen…..

In these pandemic times, we should count the magic in numbers!@LIBs


[1]https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/america-numbers

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