thought about it and decided math is a notation that represents our attempts to describe reality in a way that can be communicated as such "what does math look like?"= "what does the word blue look like?" "what does the below image sound like?"

But is math the notation itself? Musical notation is not music itself.

math looks like how you'd tell people that if you have two apples and someone gives you two apples, you'll have four apples every time :3 yes i'm a little pleased with myself lol