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Posted: 12 Feb 2023

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I'm fascinated by grids but I don't know why. Perhaps it was years of staring at computer screens displaying SPSS data files. Or maybe my near-lifelong obsession with crosswords. Or maybe I was attracted to crosswords and data analysis by an unconscious obsession with grids. Know thyself my bum.

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 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Fascinating patterns, John !
14 months ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Ulrich John club
Thanks, Ulrich.
14 months ago.
 rdhinmn
rdhinmn club
This one brings to mind a parallelogram honeycomb, if that makes any sense at all.
14 months ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to rdhinmn club
Well, yes, it does, Bob. Maybe I fear bees, Although I wasn't stung until my 30s, and then I got the stinger out quickly. It was annoying for the day but not fearsome.
14 months ago.
 MaggsMep
MaggsMep club
Grids are kind of mesmerising
14 months ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to MaggsMep club
That's an interesting idea, Maggs.
14 months ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
Another fascinating abstract image John..........this time it's the black, empty spaces that caught my eye particularly.
14 months ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Keith Burton club
Thanks, Keith. George and Gudrun have an idea about the black spaces below.
14 months ago.
Keith Burton club has replied to John FitzGerald club
Morse code.............I was a radio operator in a previous life and used to be able to read morse code......but it never occurred to me in this context and I can't see it to be honest, but who knows?
14 months ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Keith Burton club
Many people think of photographs as something to be deciphered, Keith. Morse code woud seem more appropriate for literature, though.
14 months ago.
 Sarah P.
Sarah P. club
I'm not obsessive about crosswords, but enough of a wordler to have really enjoyed the ultimate crossword movie, Wordplay www.imdb.com/title/tt0492506
14 months ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Sarah P. club
I really enjoyed it, too, Sarah. My kind of people. Better solvers. though. After I saw it I took the sample crossword at the the tournament website and took about twice as long to solve the puzzle as the average tournament player.
14 months ago. Edited 14 months ago.
Sarah P. club has replied to John FitzGerald club
Yep, I will never be that good (or fast) but I still enjoy it. And I console myself with the thought that I am probably a better haiku poet than any of them.
14 months ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Sarah P. club
I have great talents as a layabout.
14 months ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
An intriguing grid, John. I wonder if the black spaces could be morse?
14 months ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to tiabunna club
Gudrun agrees with you, George. I also recalled that it may have been inspired by a piano keyboard on the cover of one of Kenny Drew's Bluenote albums.
14 months ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
I also had the morse impression, or some cyphers- in any case it gets your imagination going:-)
14 months ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Gudrun club
I'd forhotten there are ciphers that use grids, Gudrun. Thanks. Ab I mentioned to George, I recalled that it may have been inspired by a piano keyboard on the cover of one of Kenny Drew's Bluenote albums.
14 months ago.
 Fred Fouarge
Fred Fouarge club
facinating
14 months ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Fred Fouarge club
Thanks, Fred.
14 months ago.

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