the perception of rithmatics and its power

[Crysanja]

first i would like to say, we dont know much about rithmatics.

 

but we saw a few odd things in the book, which do not realy fit into the current understanding of rithmatics at all.

 

first is melodys calklings, doing things without orders, things no orders are known for.

here are 3 options.

Melody is not a rithmatist, but something else like the 2 (evil?) creatures, Harding and Nalizar.

Melody is creating something like wild calklings

>the idear of calklings in general is wrong - or limiting without reason.

 

 

the next odd thing are thouse two new lines, line of revocation and the sign of silence.

the supringing thing here is, you need to know what they do. drawing them "perfectly" is not doing anything alone.

>the understanding of a line is more importand then its perfection.

>only a small part of rithmatics is understood, there might be lots and lots of things unknown.

 

 

calk creatures dont like the mesurement of time, gears, (mathematics?)

i think thouse things are a bit about perfection.

perfection is usualy a good thing, until youre facing it.

like drawing something with a pattern, and comparing it to youre freehand, youre imperfection.

we even masure rithmatics with this, is youre circle, line perfect?

 

 

why would thouse creatures dislike perfection? i think they dont like it, because we are naturally comparing it to our work. we do good/bad depending on the comparison.

 

could it be all wrong? and it is not about perfection but youre perception about the things you draw?

when you belief in youre calk/drawing it is strong? if it is about willpower not drawing skill?

 

the drawing skill is just away to belief in youre drawing? an imperfect way.

 

 

i have two more examples that the perfection of things cant be the way or so importand as its shown.

 

in combat Harding uses a pice of calk on top of his gun.

-> drawing with this would be a very bad idear, because it would make it so much more difficult to draw perfect.

 

but dont forget Harding is controlled by a calk creature. it does not belive in our perfection system - why?

it was never about perfection.

 

 

another calk creature, Nalizar shows us again that perfection cant be the target.

hes drawing with a pice of calk on the top of his shoe. this is again no way to draw perfect.

 

 

 

lets have a look at calklings.

they seem to lack everything about mesurement, math and symetrie. none of thouse are a factor in theire strength. we only know that good drawings are stronger, but where is the math in Melodys Unicorns?

its like this is a compleatly different magic system, as all thouse lines and forms.

its not fitting together.

 

 

now we should look at calklings and humans made into claklings.

the usual calkling can be destroyed with acid, but the humans turned into calklings can only be stoped, they regenerate.

 

i would say there is little drawing skill used, by creating human calklings at all. but beliefing in a living thing, which has its own willpower is much stronger then beliefing in a drawing. so the human calkling is the strongest.

 

 

 

rithmatics is about the perception of the drawings, by its creator. when the creator has a better understanding/belief of the drawings they will be stronger and do more and better stuff(Melody).

 

rithmatics is taught in a bad way, with tools to mesure up to and constand critisism about the drawings.

technical perfection is wanted, so you allways put youreselfe in a bad position.

 

 

maybe perfection is a part of rithmatics which can make things stronger, but it seems the larger, more importand part is youre mindset, the perception.