Jeanette Winterson says in part:<\/p>\n
When I found that space is curved I found science. Curved space as a metaphor is not new; Jakob Boehme, Teresa of \u00c3\u0081vila, St John of the Cross, are only three of the religious mystics who expressed an ecstatic unprovable intuition of curved space \u201d\u201d God himself curving through it. Contrary to the rigorous doctrinal dualism of opposites \u201d\u201d good\/bad, black\/white, straight\/curved \u201d\u201d here was a Creator who was bending it. Later, the sense of God lodged in Man looks much more beautiful as double-helix DNA. The elegant curving movements of micro-man and the macro-universe carry a deep satisfaction.<\/p>\n
I love the idea of curved space. I do not like straight lines. Every so often we have a mania for Roman roads, or terraced houses, or the verticals of tall buildings or the grid of a planned city. We like straightening things out. But the curve creeps back in. Even the fashion industry can\u2019t get rid of it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n