An interactive visual project inspired by atomic structures, the solar system, and "improbable architecture". It explores pure geometry and movement to convey poetic concepts without actual text. 3. Math Haiku Education (Week 19)
In 2021, Sophia Wood ran a project publishing a set of haiku every 19 days, connecting the structured 5/7/5 syllable poetry form with photography, art, and personal growth.
Part of her 52 Weeks of Hands-On Math curriculum, teaching educators and students how to translate formulas and geometric sequences into traditional Japanese poetry. 📝 Example of a Fractal Kitty Math Haiku An interactive visual project inspired by atomic structures,
Just as equations require specific variables to balance, a Haiku forces a writer to find perfect synonyms to fit a rigid 5/7/5 syllable structure .
To give you a physical sense of what these projects generate, here is a piece of her generative art poetry: Math Haiku Education (Week 19) In 2021, Sophia
Wood advocates for using Haikus in classrooms to help learners contemplate abstract math concepts and tie them directly to their inner human experiences. 🎨 Major Haiku & Math Projects on Fractal Kitty 1. Serendipitous Oulipo Haiku
Wood famously combined French constrained writing techniques (Oulipo) with coding. She wrote . To give you a physical sense of what
Ancient is the light That pierces the firmament With thoughts of distance Serendipitous Oulipo Haiku - Fractal Kitty