Some years back I broke my knee on a job site. I cracked off my tibial plateau and crushed my kneecap like a walnut shell.  In the ensuing time of confinement and isolation, I started painting strange codified representations of natural phenomena. Here for example, is the first 1200 digits of “pi”.  Each numeral was assigned a color and laid down on the grid.  The cheap acrylic paint was too transparent, so I ended up giving each square two coats…