Spear

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Spear:

"Vectors are like spears. I could 'massage' any object into a spear shape, point and thrust-throw it in a discrete direction. I intuitively liked those directional vector 'spears.' I felt that they tended at least to embody all the energetic qualities of represented experiences."

Citations

1. "Bucky" by Hugh Kenner, p. 105; probably from Snyder or Farrel, Summer'71