Aidrian O’Connor 

12/05/97 

Hello Steryl, 

Well, despite the massive chaos of this semester, here is a big pile of work. I’m not really sure if you’ll be satisfied with the amount of work I have done here, but hopefully you will be. If not, please let me know in your response (I’m sure that you will...) and if this is the case then also let me know if it will be acceptable for me to try to complete more work before the residency at the beginning of February. I’ll be happy to do more if you feel that it is necessary, although I would like to stress that between the pieces of visual art and the writing, this packet represents many, many hours of work on my part. Frankly, I haven’t done anything besides schoolwork and my job for weeks and weeks. 

Here’s what’s in store: 

First, read the packet that has no header on it - the one with the familiar picture of the embryo in the upper right hand corner. This is a continuation of the chapter on the number one which I sent to you months ago. Basically I took your response to my packet rather seriously, and decided to go back and fill out more the last section of the original packet. The section I am referring to is the one where I displayed many images and quotes, but did little writing of my own. Because of your response, I went back and wrote text which led the reader from one image/quote to the next, and in fact found that the images/quotes became much less the focus of the paper, but instead became more like supporting material for the writing itself. The page numbers start with "11" and this is because of the fact that this new section is meant to pick up where the first packet left off. By the way, I did add some new images to help bolster the new text, and I also left one or two things out. 

Next, read the section entitled "The Square Root of Three, or the Formative Power." This section is all new material written on the symbolism of the square root of three (no - really?!?). Time did not allow for me to present as large a wealth of images and quotes in this section as I was able to for the number one and the square root of two, but hopefully you will enjoy the writing none the less. 

Finally, read the last section, "Descriptions of the Symbolism and Creative Process of Three Visual Works." In this section you will find rather complete descriptions of how and why the pieces of art I did for the semester came together the way they did. You will notice that a third, heretofore not seen, piece of art has been added, which relates to the square root of three. For the most part the introduction to this section speaks for itself, so I will leave it at that. 

Good luck! If you decide that you would like to see more work from me, I would propose that I continue the packet on the square root of two in much the same way that I dealt with "filling out" the first packet, as well as continuing work on the square root of three to make my work on this number more closely resemble the work I have done on the other two numbers (images, quotes, and respective text explanations). 

Take care, 

Aidrian