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I saw Brainman [a documentary about Daniel] years ago, you seemed like a very intelligent and kind person! I was inspired enough to try my hand at casually memorizing pi myself; I've been working on it sporadically every since, and find it very enjoyable and edifying. Personally, that's enough to keep me interested, so I don't worry too much about making errors when reciting it, but you were able to get through a large number of digits without making a single error. When first learning those digits, did you make errors? When reciting it, did you feel your knowledge was certain, or did you have to watch out for making careless or sincere errors?

Also, as an artist, I can certainly understand the intimate link between numbers and art; I'm sure you've addressed this previously, but do you see any link between numbers and mimetic (imitative) art, or mostly abstract work?

Thanks for the AMA and the inspiration! I'm certainly going to read some of your books!