What if mathematics were more than just a rigid field of rules and calculations, what if it were a land of enchantment? This is the vision shared by Sylvie Grau, who invites us to rediscover this discipline as an art of sensitivity and thought.

Far from being merely utilitarian, she champions a poetic approach to math, one that sparks wonder, curiosity, and creativity. She speaks of the beauty of structures, the magic of symmetry, the elegance of a proof, and the joy of discovery. Mathematics, she believes, can be experienced as an inner journey, an aesthetic and intellectual adventure where reason meets imagination.

But for this to happen, we must let go of the fear of mistakes and give students the freedom to explore, to experiment, and to be amazed.

This message deeply resonates with our educational philosophy at LIFT: we aim to make knowledge not an end in itself, but a springboard for thinking, dreaming, connecting disciplines, and growing.
To teach mathematics as a language of the world, not just a list of techniques, is to offer our students a path to wonder.