numbers
Christmastime 04:04:04
4:56
I was looking at my digital clock last-night and it occurred to me that 4:56 is quite an interesting time.
4 uses four segments of the seven-segment display
5 uses five segments of the seven-segment display
6 uses six segments of the seven-segment display
Beauty and compression
The Buddha discusses states of extreme bliss attainable through meditation:
Secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unwholesome states, a bhikkhu enters and dwells in the first jhāna, which is accompanied by thought and examination, with rapture and happiness born of seclusion.
...If you could really concentrate on a metronome, it would be more blissful than a symphony. The jhāna is also a strong contender as a theory of beauty: beauty is that which is compressible but has not already been compressed.