Spiralling within
A chalice of great beauty
Touched by sunlit tears
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Reblogged this on Die Erste Eslarner Zeitung – Aus und über Eslarn, sowie die bayerisch-tschechische Region!.
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An interesting fact: All known static spirals (as opposed to the moving ones, like galaxies and water going down a drain) are made by living things.
In his introduction to “Mind and Nature: A necessary Unity”, Gregory Bateson described a conversation with his daughter:
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When she was about seven, somebody gave my daughter Cathy a cat’s-eye mounted as a ring. She was wearing it, and I asked her what it was. She said it was a cat’s-eye.
I said, “But what is it?”
“Well, I know it’s not the eye of a cat. I guess it’s some sort of stone.”
I said, “Take it off and look at the back of it.”
She did that and exclaimed, “Oh, it’s got a spiral on it! It must have belonged to something alive.”
Actually, these greenish disks are the opercula (lids) of a species of tropical marine snail. Soldiers brought lots of them back from the Pacific at the end of World War II.
Cathy was right in her major premise that all spirals in this world except whirlpools, galaxies, and spiral winds are, indeed made by living things. There is an extensive literature on this subject, which some readers may be interested in looking up (the key words are Fibonacci series and golden section).
What comes out of all this is that a spiral is a figure that retains its shape (i.e., its proportions) as it grows in one dimension by addition at the open end. You see, there are no truly static spirals.
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Bateson, BTW, was English, although he spent much of his career in the US.
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I believe I may have read that one back in the late 70s/early 80s. I don’t think it survived the travelling years thogugh. I may have to get it again. Thanks Bob 🙂
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
HAIKU AND FLOWERS SATISFY THE SUMMER HOURS!
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Thanks for sharing, Jonathan 🙂
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Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
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Thank you x
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I wonder why snails like roses so much? They don’t seem to eat them…
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No, I’d noticed that too…they just seem to like being in them.
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In that case, I like them a little better now…
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My liking for snails depends on whether I have hostas in the garden 😉
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Ah yes, they love them, don’t they?
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Unfortunately…
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Snail wanted to stop and smell the roses. 🙂
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I can’t think of anthing nicer than curling up in a rose 🙂
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