Aug 31 2009
Looking Closer (66) – Design or Intrinsic Properties?

Any idea what the above is? Hint: x60 magnification. Answer below the fold.
If it weren’t for the green coloration, one might suspect it was a satellite image of criss-crossing city roadways. From where comes the similarity? Are the minds of the “designers” of each similar?
I wouldn’t say so. In fact, in the case of the green criss-crossing, my guess is it reflects intrinsic properties and constants of our universe coupled with the selective power of persistence. What persists, exists.
But that’s just me. What do you think?
A magnolia leaf.




