"Detail of a scene in the bowl of the letter 'P' with a woman with a set-square and dividers; using a compass to measure distances on a diagram. In her left hand she holds a square, an implement for testing or drawing right angles. She is watched by a group of students. In the Middle Ages, it is unusual to see women represented as teachers, in particular when the students appear to be monks. She may be the personification of Geometry. Illustration at the beginning of Euclid's Elementa, in the translation attributed to Adelard of Bath."

(Source: Wikipedia)

(Leonardo da Vinci: Vitruvian Man)

WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE

they say LOVE makes the world go round

only a square would disagree

love triangles are sometimes found

in life's complex geometry

all sorts of angles may abound

there's no obvious Q.E.D.

Detail from Raphael's fresco 'The School of Athens' depicting Euclid.

(Sierpinski triangle - fractal)

"A straight line segment can be drawn by joining any two points...

...The whole is greater than the part."

Euclid's Elements

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