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Making Money

MAKING MONEY

Never work for money.

— Bernard Denzer, M.D.

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Fibonacci numbers & the Golden Proportiion

FIBONACCI NUMBERS & THE GOLDEN PROPORTION

There are, of course, aspects of measured, proportional relations that numbers describe quite wonderfully, but I abandoned numbers long before I tried giving up the verb to be: “1 + 1 = 2” doesn’t offer much room for improvisation, much less beauty. But geometry I can draw out on paper, and by the same physical, relational method, geometry has given me a new appreciation for number. So bear with me, and return to your drawing of little boxes. Take the first box as a unit measure of one; use that unit of length to measure the long side of each successive rectangle. You should get a repeating series of lengths whereby each new number is the sum of the preceding two:

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An Allegory

ALLEGORY

All the beauty and all the mathematics [of the Golden Mean] are the natural byproducts of the simple system of growth interacting with its spatial environment.

– Peter S. Stevens, Patterns in Nature.

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Measure & Beauty

MEASURE & BEAUTY

Contrary to what a critic might say, you need no degree in art, either to measure or to make beauty.

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Arts & Measure

ARTS & MEASURE:
NUMBER, PROPORTION, BEAUTY

The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and science.

– Albert Einstein (quoted in The Golden Ratio, by Mario Livio)

In order to talk about art, we need to examine our terms and assumptions, to establish a common language by which to build understanding. That requires common experience. Otherwise, confusion reigns.

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