I like imagining functions as various pipes, the real world ones. Compose is that short pipe that connects two others. I imagine that the data comes from the ri

I like imagining functions as various pipes, the real world ones. Compose is that short pipe that connects two others. I imagine that the data comes from the right and needs to be output on the left of the function. I then can read such line (take 5 . filter p . drop 3) twice. Once following the order of creation (ie. we're laying our pipes first) and then the second time in reverse, following the data and function applications. That did the trick for me when I first learned about function composition coupled with (auto)currying.