Fractals!

 1. Fibonacci series can be found everywhere in nature. Somehow he managed to find the perfect series of number which detailed patters in nature, things such as pinecones and some seashells display actual numbers as things of beauty.

2. A river system is a branching pattern.

3.the pattern of a tree's branches layed out flat on the ground, like a zen garden, actually has a calming effect on human beings.

4.scientific analysis could actually reveal many of these relaxing symmetric patterns in nature.

5.rocks form the backbone of zen garden pattern design

1.triangular rock clusters increase calming effect in zen gardens, the triangle represents earth, man and the divine. 

2.the idea of zen gardens can be found in Gestalt psychology which states that each individual can be part of a perceptual whole.

3.low contrast is required in zen gardens as to not shock the senses. 

4.the spacing between rocks in zen gardens is a ratio of the full size of the garden, meaning that all numbered measurements in the garden are related. 

5.to change the spacing of the rocks in a garden create a feeling. Farther apart would create emptiness and more clustered would introduce liveliness.

1. were the creators of original zen gardens aware of the complex fractal patterns that they were creating?

2. In ancient times how were zen gardeners able to understand these patterns without scientific analysis?

Here are some beautiful pictures of fractals I found, not only do these pictures accurately display fractals in nature but they are also beautiful slices of nature.