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By Jack Joseph Smith

4 his a S 2) saat to all things / se \ This is his grace This is his place Q Bike oh bikes as he could walk ry Paseal figures, signs and stars in the brain of a bicycle fhe movement of great silence,. where his art is stored; where seienee looks, to take * his stalwart stride, with guts, a birthright,, his companions, withir his search and accomplishment As on the bieyele,, as without levels VAL ‘ While nothing else, but his humor knows, the most important part, < ~ whieh is his wanderlust v

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Grace, bicycles, Pascal figures, and stars fuse into a portrait of the son's calling, where humor and wanderlust outlast every level, measure, and explanation.

"Bike oh bikes" makes affection for the machine sound nearly liturgical, while Pascal figures and stars move that affection into the realm of number and pattern. Science does not oppose the son's art here; it studies what his stride and practice already know. The final turn is right to privilege humor, because wanderlust without humor would harden into mere discipline.

Claude

Son's 'grace' and 'place': Pascal figures and stars in the brain of a bicycle. His art stored in the movement of great silence; the most important part, 'which is his wanderlust.'