{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-js","path":"/the-romance-of-tangents/","result":{"data":{"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"Rope and Tire","author":"Suprada Urval"}},"markdownRemark":{"id":"a7ca7b56-1aab-50f0-93c4-5ca80dab9d13","excerpt":"A tangent is a line which meets a circle at one point and one point only – the poignant point of tangency, and never ever meets the circle again, even if extended. Can you hear the tangent singing James Blunt’s “You’re beautiful”? “And I don’t think…","html":"<p><span\n      class=\"gatsby-resp-image-wrapper\"\n      style=\"position: relative; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 246px; \"\n    >\n      <a\n    class=\"gatsby-resp-image-link\"\n    href=\"/static/5a87bddf8275be0f7a0a5e0f7c2b5ef1/92252/romanceOfTangents.png\"\n    style=\"display: block\"\n    target=\"_blank\"\n    rel=\"noopener\"\n  >\n    <span\n    class=\"gatsby-resp-image-background-image\"\n    style=\"padding-bottom: 83.1081081081081%; position: relative; bottom: 0; left: 0; background-image: url('data:image/png;base64,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'); background-size: cover; display: block;\"\n  ></span>\n  <img\n        class=\"gatsby-resp-image-image\"\n        alt=\"Romance of Tangents\"\n        title=\"Romance of Tangents\"\n        src=\"/static/5a87bddf8275be0f7a0a5e0f7c2b5ef1/92252/romanceOfTangents.png\"\n        srcset=\"/static/5a87bddf8275be0f7a0a5e0f7c2b5ef1/12f09/romanceOfTangents.png 148w,\n/static/5a87bddf8275be0f7a0a5e0f7c2b5ef1/92252/romanceOfTangents.png 246w\"\n        sizes=\"(max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\"\n        style=\"width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;vertical-align:middle;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;\"\n        loading=\"lazy\"\n      />\n  </a>\n    </span></p>\n<p>A tangent is a line which meets a circle at one point and one point only – the poignant point of tangency, and never ever meets the circle again, even if extended.</p>\n<p>Can you hear the tangent singing <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehToBz7zhqE\">James Blunt’s “You’re beautiful”</a>?<br>\n“And I don’t think that I’ll<br>\nSee her again<br>\nBut we shared a moment<br>\nThat will last ’til the end”<br>\n…<br>\nYou’re beautiful<br>\nYou’re beautiful<br>\nYou’re beautiful<br>\nIt’s true”</p>","frontmatter":{"title":"The Romance of Tangents","date":"February 11, 2017","url":"/the-romance-of-tangents/","tags":["Thoughts"]}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"/the-romance-of-tangents/","previous":{"fields":{"slug":"/2017-02-10-the-creative-bubble/"},"frontmatter":{"title":"The Creative Bubble","url":"/the-creative-bubble/","tags":["quotes","Thoughts"]}},"next":{"fields":{"slug":"/2017-03-09-debbie-millman-on-sensitivity-and-rejection/"},"frontmatter":{"title":"Debbie Millman on sensitivity and rejection","url":"/debbie-millman-on-sensitivity-and-rejection/","tags":["Thoughts"]}}}},"staticQueryHashes":["3128451518","426816048"]}