I just watched a beautiful movie. It is about a boy with autism and through the story we get to see how this boy sees the world and how he lives in it. He shows signs of autism that might be "standard" for a third party, such as not liking to be touched; despite having a lot going on in mind, not liking to talk much; not being very comfortable around strangers; always wanting to have everything in a particular order; and so on.
This boy, Nathan, is really good at maths. And without going too much into the details of the story, we can say that maths and mathematical competitions do play a big part of the movie. Through this "journey" Nathan gets to meet a girl. They spend a lot of time together and at one point he feels comfortable enough to open up to her more than he ever did to his own mother.
One part of the movie that really touched me, was when he searched online if there was something like a mathematical formula for love and if somebody might have solved it. For your interest, yes, there actually is a formula, but no, no one has ever solved it.
What I liked so much about it was that a kid that pretty much only understood maths gets to the point of experiencing something like feelings and can't wrap his head around it, so through doing what he knows best, he is willing to step out of his comfort zone.
So that you don't wonder what happens with his search for the mathematical explanation for love, he doesn't find it, but he does step out of his shell to experience it and going after it.
By the way, all of what I talked about, the movie doesn't show it that detailed and focused on love. It is actually really just about math.
But this is the conclusion and kind of the message that I took from the movie.
On purpose I didn't mention the title of the movie, because I didn't want this to be entirely about the movie itself, rather than the idea of a mathematical reasoning behind love. I quite like the idea of people looking for a answer and explanation for what we do and feel when we like somebody. We'll see...maybe someday someone will actually find a answer written down on paper.
What do you think?
Lots of love,
Lena ♥
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