| Sumario: | Doing Jigsaw PuzzlesThe pieces don't just fit, they lock in place, each one unique, essential to the whole. Some people only take a single look at the picture— that makes no sense to me, like driving to Dubuque without a map, ignoring all the road signs on the way. How is that better? Harder, sure. Longer. Why make things tougher than they have to be? There is an art to finishing the frame, then filling in the center, bit by bit, until the view coheres— a lake, perhaps, with cabin, dock, canoes, a deer or moose— finding hidden structure from the chaos of loose pieces, with godlike certainty John S. Eustis ( 90)
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