Fathers day 2022 and sons
Yesterday was one of those magical days. A day when the small things came together in harmony. Like an orchestra with the perfect acoustics. I had rehearsed mathematics. My son, always pics after a certain subset of my good habits. In particular the creative ones. He has lately been practising dancing. He uses youtube videos and studies and practises the moves in great detail for hours, with quick breaks in between. It comes like an instinct to him. For some reason he doesn't get frustrated, and he is very motivated from within. It is amazing to see. He has a superpower, that I wish to nurture in him. The art of working hard and finding flow within a craft, somehow exist instinctively in him and he expresses it with joy. Lately, I have taken up mathematics again. Slowly but surely and with strong determinism, but cautious and with mindful care. I do it for me, to have meaning and purpose. Things in my life come together now when I engage in mathematical thought and work. My ...