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knizer

knizer@bookwyrm.social

Joined 2 years, 6 months ago

Boston - usually #SFF, #GraphicNovels, and #Fiction. Eldritch Millennial.

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Paul Jackson: How to Make Repeat Patterns (2018, King Publishing, Laurence)

very visual-forward design-of-math book?

the first 100 pages set the foundation for the language of thinking about how repeating patterns (triangles, squares, -agons etc) work, and then you start getting into brainbending tesselations. Not a lot of fluff, its just straight into: ok if you reflect then rotate, then reflect again, all around a center point, you get a pattern that looks like this: and a couple, very clean, example images.

Great for designers, artists, tile-layers, and those into #MCEscher & #OpticalIllusions & #fractals but with a logic/systems/mathematics bent.

Janet Hong, Keum Suk Gendry-Kim: Dog Days (2024, Drawn & Quarterly Publications)

Dogs in rural South Korea!

Content warning CW: animal abuse

Roz Chast: Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? (2014)

In her first memoir, Roz Chast brings her signature wit to the topic of aging …

My folks are still around and I hoped this might offer some practical tips towards discussing end of life plans with them. Rather, a no punches pulled snapshot of the authors labor caring for her aged parents. Very useful but not in the way I expected, expect some feelings if you give it a go.