Essays

Writing on mathematics & animation

Longer thoughts on intuition, rigour, and how a moving picture can carry an idea that a page of symbols cannot.

18 May 2026 · 6 min read

Why animation makes math click

A static equation asks you to hold five things in your head at once. A moving picture holds four of them for you.

2 April 2026 · 7 min read

It is usually presented as a miracle. It is closer to a definition of what multiplication by a complex number does.

21 February 2026 · 8 min read

Weeks of it happen on paper. The animation is the last step, and by then most of the decisions are already made.

9 January 2026 · 5 min read

Rigour is what keeps mathematics honest. Intuition is what makes it worth being honest about.