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Landscape Patterns in Elmbridge, Surrey, United Kingdom, 29.7 x 21 cms – Coloured pencil, pastel and ink on paper.

Adieu au Language, 29.7 x 21 cms – Coloured pencils and ink on paper

This is another illustration from A Walk Through L, in particular, from the first chapter reflecting some basics of philosophy of language. In some sense, this drawing is an homage to Jean-Luc Godard:

Multiplicity, 29.7 x 21 cms – Pastel and pencil on paper

Again, a picture from the recent essay A Walk Through L. This is an endeavour to make a self-portrait in a fashion mixing expressionism and pop-art. The name ‘Multiplicity’ refers to the concept of multiplicity from Badiou’s Being and Event,

I haven’t participated in conferences for a while, I still miss that atmosphere of mathematical events.

Haven’t participated in conferences for a while

Architecture of Knowledge in the 9th Arrondissement, 21 x 29.7 cms – Pencil and Ink on paper

This is a picture from A Walk Through L. The picture reflects the idea of how category theory allows for the structuring of formalised knowledge. Category theory suggests some knowledge architecture, and...

Hammersmith, 29.7 x 21 cms – Pastel on paper

Yet another illustration from A Walk Through L. This one is part of the essay reflecting the philosophical basis of constructive mathematics. I just followed my associations whilst reading Michael Dummett’s Elements of Intuitionism.

A portrait of Jean Cocteau in three positions on the background of string diagrams and functorial boxes, 29.7 x 21 cms – Pencil and Ink on paper

This picture is from A Walk Through L and it illustrates Cocteau categories, one of the central concepts introduced in my recent preprint.

Limits of language, 29.7 x 21 cms – Pencil and ink on paper

This is also part of the same essay. The title refers to Wittgenstein’s. The limits are given by the commutative diagram from Theorem 6.5 from my preprint. This is a Magritte-style rendition of category theory as the language of ontology.

Champ/Contre-champ, 29.7 x 21 cms – Pastel, pencil and ink on paper.

This picture is part of A Walk Through L. I came along with this idea soon after rewatching Last Year in Marienbad. The title of the book refers to Ross Street’s Quantum Groups.

The personification of today's anti-intellectualism