The picture
A 3D graph plotted from an original equation. Single-definition graphs fracture into disjointed form. Multi-definition graphs hold together as solid, curious objects.
A book of graphs, sayings & matches
My Pappy
used to say
Jokes and Puzzles
Each page holds a picture and a saying. The picture is a three-dimensional graph from an original equation. The saying is something Pappy used to say — or something Pappy would have. The puzzle is finding the match.
“Use your imagination.”
01
About the book
Pictures from equations.
Sayings from Pappy.
Each page in the book has a picture and then a saying. Each picture is a three-dimensional graph from a mathematical equation which I developed. The sayings are things my Pappy used to say. Some of the sayings are what my Pappy used to say and the rest are Pappy-like sayings which were created by me.
All of my developed equations are original. I only used a single mathematical equation because I want the pictures to be more abstract. The graphs that have a single-definition mathematical equation create a disjointed picture, and the graphs that have multi-definition mathematical equations have solid pictures that are interesting — but the most interesting are when the pictures in some way match the sayings.
For the most part, there is a match, even though the pictures are abstract. When people read my draft, they said this is either true and/or hilarious. So, in the book you have jokes, sayings, recipes, and puzzles.
The puzzle is matching the picture to the saying. Sometimes the relationships are obscure. And for my fellow mathematicians, the mathematical equations which created the pictures are another puzzle.
My Pappy used to say — “Use your imagination.” Have fun finding the matches.
02
Inside the pages
Four kinds of fun,
one original method.
The saying
Words Pappy actually said — and Pappy-like lines invented in his voice. Folksy, sharp, and sometimes a recipe in disguise.
The match
The pleasure of the book: when an abstract surface somehow agrees with the saying. Obscure on purpose. True, hilarious, or both.
Jokes
Humor that sits beside a graph the way a punchline sits beside a setup — if you can see it.
Sayings
Pappy’s counsel, retained and imagined. Short enough to remember. Long enough to argue about.
Recipes
Kitchen wisdom mixed into the same rhythm as the rest — because Pappy did not keep life in separate drawers.
Puzzles
Match picture to saying. Then, if you are the mathematical sort, match equation to picture.
03
A taste of the puzzle
Match the graph
to the saying.
A sample in the spirit of the book — not pages from it. Click a graph, then click a saying. Four matches. No spoilers for the real thing.
Select a graph, then a saying.
All four matched. In the book the pairings are more obscure — and the equations are a second puzzle entirely.
My Pappy used to say
“Use your imagination.”