Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. Leonard Cohen
Friday, September 16, 2011
God By the Numbers
how
do
flowers
shell spirals pinecones, tree branches
understand Golden Ratios?
I do not know much about God
but I do know this
There are yet
wonders
to see
Of course, our base 10 number system is based on the number of fingers we have, so even the foundation of the number system is based in nature. It's all inter-related. For instance, multiply any number by 9 and then take the result and add the digits together and you'll get a number evenly divisible by 9:
Neat, right? But if we only had six fingers, or maybe twelve, we would have a base 6 or base 12 number system, and everything would work completely differently.
I don't have a point, really. Just food for thought.
12 comments:
It's a mystery wrapped in n enigma, hidden in a big tree somewhere in Atlantis, if you ask me. Liked it much, lm.
Makes you think, doesn't it?
Of course, our base 10 number system is based on the number of fingers we have, so even the foundation of the number system is based in nature. It's all inter-related. For instance, multiply any number by 9 and then take the result and add the digits together and you'll get a number evenly divisible by 9:
9 x 9 = 81 : 8 + 1 = 9
9 x 12 = 108 : 1 + 0 + 8 = 9
9 x 68 = 612 : 6 + 1 + 2 = 9
(9 / 9 = 1)
9 x 84 = 756 : 7 + 5 + 6 = 18
(18 / 9 = 2)
Neat, right? But if we only had six fingers, or maybe twelve, we would have a base 6 or base 12 number system, and everything would work completely differently.
I don't have a point, really. Just food for thought.
yes, there are...smiles.
ooooh! i love this! a stunning accompaniment to these amazing photographs.
"There are yet
wonders
to
see"
beautiful, lolamouse! {you certainly see the world clearly for such a little one.}
dani ♥
One, two, three... Nature can count,too! ♥
They are wonders, alright!
stapled maples
Mice wonder about these things? ;-)
As Popeye would say "It'sk a myskery!"
How does a human egg know to grow two arms and two legs and a head?
simple words, profound imagery.
thanks for the fun.
love your entry.
I get a headache just thinking about how THAT or THIS even happened in nature, then I just chalk it up to, something bigger than us.
That's the truth!
What a lovely poem!
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