omne trium perfectum...

why is three a magic number?   there seems to be some....appeal for things in three, a preference...something that maybe...we aren't entirely conscious of...


take.....fairy tales,

three blind mice, three bears, three little kittens...who lost their mittens....

in literature, in creative writing....there seems to be a desire for a balance of three.

In the words of Aristotle, "All things are three, and thrice is all: and let us use this number in the worship of the gods; for, as the Pythagoreans say, everything and all things are bounded by threes..." (Weigall, 1928, 197-198)


as well...

the Latin phrase, 'Vini, Vedi, Vici'...attributed to Julius Caesar... or what about,

"ready, set, go"..... the creative world....is full of threes.

There's even, recently a TED radio talk (<link  :)  about how three is the magic number in drumming sets (rhythm and math intersect).

and can be heard in Cuban rhythm of Tresillo...which was probably introduced and influenced by African rhythms....the diaspora of these triplet beats spreads widely across the globe...


but threes....are not only prevalent in human creative outlets...

....so much evidence in chemistry...and physics and biology-  that points to threes.

You can google that....I won't put it all here...


so what the hell is the point?  three points...actually.  :)

1.  some things in the world are so powerful and present, you don't even realize it...this doesn't mean these things don't exist or don't have a profound impact on the world around us.


2.  universal preferences for things link us all together...emphasizing our similarities rather than our differences...linguistics is a great example of how different yet similar people of the world are....the more differences you find...the more similarities you will also find.


3.  there's a reason...even if something seems completely mysterious and random....there always...seems to be a reason for it...and sometimes this reason comes out through

blood, sweat, and tears.  :)





peace...and love...and three leaf clovers....because, they are perfection...

there's really no need to go searching for the 4 leaf clover.... :)  

3 leaf clovers....

perfectly, magical, balanced

 three.