These heirloom Indian corn cobs (majs, maize) are patterned not by a designer, but by the turning on and off by certain genes based on random pollination by wind. So a random event leads to a pattern, or does it just look like chaos? I don't think so, even irregular patterns are patterns in my mind. But I think different people see patterns differently, and that there is no right or wrong in pattern vision, just different views and opinions.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Pattern or chaos?
These heirloom Indian corn cobs (majs, maize) are patterned not by a designer, but by the turning on and off by certain genes based on random pollination by wind. So a random event leads to a pattern, or does it just look like chaos? I don't think so, even irregular patterns are patterns in my mind. But I think different people see patterns differently, and that there is no right or wrong in pattern vision, just different views and opinions.
patterns with politics
ReplyDeletesome of you have seen this before, but there are new ones now. Good stuff!
2 million plastic bottles used every 5 minutes in the US? No wonder the Earth is not working properly!
ReplyDeleteWell, there is a geometrical pattern for sure, and the colors are somewhat kept in line on each cob, so I'd say this is a pattern I like. They have those tendencies to breaking up the patterns, making them dynamic and interesting as I said earlier.
ReplyDeleteHmm, suddenly I have an urge to listen to Steve Reich or maybe Iannis Xenakis...