Flowers
Why are flowers used so often as a symbol of love or beauty?
Why do we adorn them in our homes?
Or buy them?
Or, better yet, make fake ones and buy those instead?
Why do we adorn them in our homes?
Or buy them?
Or, better yet, make fake ones and buy those instead?
To be honest, I really do not know. However, I believe that it may have to do with a natural attraction that we have to life and renewal. After all, flowers bloom in the freshness of spring under the refreshing sweetness of little April showers. From the reflections of the morning dew droplets on the velvet petals to the reviving scent of pollen in the afternoon air, flowers naturally make us feel refresh and young again. In a more rational point of view, flowers, as well as other natural blessings in the natural world, are created in accordance to beautifully created mathematical sequences. Each petal forms and unravels at the perfect angle from the center of departure. Italian mathematician Fibonacci could predict this phenomenon with something commonly referred as the Fibonacci sequence. With the perfect placement of each petal, a flower is able to receive optimal sunlight and grow to its fullest potential. So often nature is praised for its imperfect beauty; however, there is mathematical order to what seems to be unintentional masterpieces of Mother Nature.
So next time you pick a flower or just admire one without cutting it off from its source of life (the more thoughtful and less damaging way to go about respecting nature in most cases) you may want to count how many petals you have and hopefully my statement stands and you have one of the Fibonacci numbers. Or, you can continue as you have been whenever a flower may come across your way. Regardless of your choice, I hope you enjoy some of the photographically captured moments I had when I was enjoying flowers.
So next time you pick a flower or just admire one without cutting it off from its source of life (the more thoughtful and less damaging way to go about respecting nature in most cases) you may want to count how many petals you have and hopefully my statement stands and you have one of the Fibonacci numbers. Or, you can continue as you have been whenever a flower may come across your way. Regardless of your choice, I hope you enjoy some of the photographically captured moments I had when I was enjoying flowers.