Shape
&
Movement

Now we know that when they are looking for the patterns in numbers,

people can look at numbers in different ways,

and one of those ways is through the shapes they can draw on a sheet of paper,

2D shapes and patterns.

And then if they open up those 2D shapes and patterns into 3D,

they can see how those 3D patterns can be an easy way to understand how things are made,

even when they look quite complicated.

People can see simple patterns in complicated things,

and build complicated things out of simple shapes.

And of course they understand those simple shapes

by means of numbers,

the number and length of sides

and the angles between them.

And angles show how much a line turns around one end,

but they can also use angles

to see the way that shapes move.

And they use the angles of the compass

to know which way they are facing,

and they can use the simplest of patterns

to help them find things on a map,

If they use a simple grid of crossed lines to give a set of rectangles,

that means that they can use numbers to say

exactly where something is.

And they can use grids to make shapes that have symmetry,

and nets of shapes in 2d that fold up into shapes in 3d.

And so from simple numbers

they find ways to build up

a very complicated world.

And from using simple numbers

they find ways to understand

the world that God created.

from maps to minecraft drawing 3d in 2d cube using grid graph paper

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