Consider a figure eight curve inside $\mathbb{R}^{2}$, ⁴⁷⁴⁷ 47 Recall that curves in $\mathbb{R}^{2}$ are automatically Lagrangian.whose two looms have unequal areas. Along the mean curvature flow (known as the ‘curve shortening flow’ in this context) one loom shrinks first to zero size. At the moment of singularity, the Lagrangian angle at the self intersection point has a jump. From a more generalisable perspective, one notices that each loom encloses a holomorphic disc, and this singularity is associated with one holomoprhic disc shrinking to zero size and disappearing. The general lesson is that the shrinking down of small area holomorphic discs messes up the grading, so it is desirable to exclude them if possible. ⁴⁸⁴⁸ 48 Indeed, one important ingredient in Neves’s proof of singularity formation [61] is the destruction of grading related to shrinking enclosed 2-dimensional areas. Although it is not explict in Neves’s work, these areas seem related to holomorphic discs.