Patterns

After researching patterns I've learned that a pattern is a form, template, or model which can be used to make or genereate things or parts of a thing. Most patterns are more abstractly or a set of rules. Patterns are also repeated shapes or objects and referred to as elements of the series. Patterns are can be very symmetrical and can be very decorative using stripes, zig-zags, and polka dots. Patterns can be recognized in many fields including psychology, ethology, Computer Science, Golden Ratio, Art, Science and Mathematics. Patterns can be seen in religious and cultural societies. In mathematics and geometry patterns are generally used to describe shapes and geometric patterns. One common way that patterns are used in science can be The DNA strand, describing chromosomes, and electromagnetic currents. Patterns are very commonly used in society and can be used in so many ways. The part the I enjoyed the most in researching is that when you think patterns, you think artistic or mathematically but you'll learn that patterns are used in just about everything. A good pattern quotation by R. Buckminster Fuller is "A pattern has an integrity independent of the medium by virtue of which you have recieved the information that it exists. Each of the chemical elements is a pattern integrity. Each individual is a pattern integrity. The pattern integrity of the human individual is evolutionary and not static." Another is "Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern." -Alfred North Whitehead.