Faith in things outside understanding can turn obstacles into motivation. Knowing that certain things are helps one keep moving alongside questions of what, where, when, why and how. Not understanding something may be an obstacle and may also be a motivation.
Second of my origami designs, the tetrahedron from open triangular antiprism was the first I was able to document using standard origami diagramming conventions. An account of this design appears on pages 20–25 of my Triangle Origami Book, with three diagrams showing the process and some variations of the final form.
Math is something I appreciate even though I have difficulty easily seeing the patterns that come so naturally to some. For me, math requires faith. I know it works, I know it’s real and true, I just can’t see it clearly. In the book of Hebrews, the Bible defines faith as the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. I have faith that when I start folding paper I can find the goal, the form I’m envisioning. It doesn’t always play out the way I expect, and my envisioning is blurry compared to the results. For this reason, I often have to reverse engineer the first drafts my own creations.
This encourages me, knowing I don’t know and knowing that the thing I don’t know is just as real now as when I learn more about it While I still don’t see the patterns perfectly, I stick with it knowing they are there.
God uses things like this to help me know Him better.
My hope is that you find this design useful. I particularly find the triangular antiprism boxes useful. These boxes are quick to make, extremely stable and easy to lock together to store and protect things.