
The Magic of 3: Quick and Dirty Reflections
omne trium perfectum original image by Gwenivere Burvall You’ve probably always heard there is magic in the number 3. The fairy tales that shaped our childhoods are filled with this: Three fairies, Three wishes, Three Little Bears… This literary device, also known as a “tricolon”, seems to be a simple but universal and powerful structure that, I think, is wonderfully applied to the task of… REFLECTION I’m going to begin by giving a shout out to my friend and sometimes colleag