Every jigsaw puzzle requires a unique strategy, or a mix of strategies, for piecing it together. We’re talking about all the normal stuff: starting with assembling the edge pieces, sorting pieces to your liking, finding and assembling them based on color, and letting the shapes speak to you.
Then
come the bigger-picture tactics. Maybe you chase the sky first. Maybe a little
house, a moose, or a boat catches your eye. Whatever the focus, most puzzles
end up the same way: scattered islands slowly appear within the borders and
then gradually connect as you hover over the table, feeding pieces in.
Good
stuff.
The
puzzle we are presently working on is strange. The usual methods don’t form
islands at all. As you assemble pieces, they march you straight into building
rows and then full-length bands across the entire scene of Emerald Lake. It
comes together almost like a loom weaving a rug: one tidy row followed by
another, the whole thing sliding into place with notable orderliness.
I
find the weird organization of this puzzle satisfying. It feels more mechanical
than organic.
—Mitchell
Hegman
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