Fibonacci Gold

“No.”

“No?”

“Yes, no.”

“But why not?”

“It doesn’t work that way.”

“I feel like you are being overly dismissive.”

“Well, I’m not. You’re simply trying to take a math concept and apply…”

“Let me stop you there. The golden ratio has been used in art, math, and biology; Why not in writing too?”

“Because, using a mathematical progression for writing might be too restrictive to the author. What if you weren’t finished with a concept or description? You would suddenly have to stop to follow some arbitrary…”

“Pattern? Are you saying that Haikus are not valid poetry? What about limericks? Shakespeare and his iambic pentameter might have something to say about that. It seems to me that if music follows a mathematical sequence, and a song is a poem set to music, then writing can be held to the same type structure.”

“Enough! As with most things you do, you have taken it too far and too literally! I can no longer sit back and watch you attempt to create mathematical-literary chimera! These chaotic forays into unknown and unneeded bastardization! I’ll leave you to discover your own folly. Good day sir! Good day!”