Unfolding... This isn't really a walk report, it's another
stroll report. The strolling took place around the front, back and side yards of our property and that's not much of a stroll. Full circle, it's about 110 yards (100 meters).
Can the principles of origami . . . help scientists understand the nature of the universe?
The "unfolding" project was partially inspired by an episode of NOVA on PBS entitled, The Origami Revolution. I highly recommend it. After you finish my post you may find it, at least for now, on YouTube--
here.* I have had a long term relationship with origami starting with a childhood fascination. I have, however, only dabbled in the art from time to time.
There was, for example, a stint I had with paper money folding in the 90s. Bored waiting for others to finish a meal I would sometimes fold tip money at a restaurant in creative ways...
and folding money took some other directions too...
That is technically called a
cubeoctahedron, but is otherwise referred to as,
six bucks. It's been sitting on my desk for years.
Another fascination for me has been how plants and especially flowers, unfold. That takes our journey right outside of the window now in front of me. Almost all of these images were captured throughout the second week of April, 2017. Yes, it's taken me this long to pull this stuff and myself together enough to get this done.
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| Centaurea cyanus. |
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| Centaurea cyanus. |
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| Linum grandiflorum. |
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| Linum grandiflorum, |
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| Linum grandiflorum. |
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| Linum grandiflorum. |
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| Centaurea cyanus and Linum grandiflorum. |
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| Eschscholzia californica. |
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| Eschscholzia californica. |
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| Eschscholzia californica. |
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| Eschscholzia californica. |
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| Papaver rhoeas. |
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| Papaver rhoeas. |
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| Papaver rhoeas |
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| Papaver rhoeas. |
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| Papaver rhoeas. |
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| Papaver rhoeas. |
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| Papaver rhoeas. |
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| Papaver rhoeas. |
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| Papaver rhoeas. |
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| Papaver rhoeas. |
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| Bearded Iris. |
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| Bearded Iris. |
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| Bearded Iris. |
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| Bearded Iris. |
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| Bearded Iris. |
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| Bearded Iris. |
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| Bearded Iris. |
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| Bearded Iris. |
Alrighty then, now that wasn't so difficult was it, Eric? Thanks for coming along. More walk reports are forthcoming as soon as the weather (high temps) starts to cooperate a little--stay turned.
* Update on the YouTube link to The Origami Revolution, it has been deleted. You may want to search your local PBS site or try NOVA on devices such as Apple TV. It's worth looking for.
Very cool as usual! I really appreciate the skill and effort you put into these blogs :)
ReplyDeleteThat was a fun post. I still have one of your origami elephants in my wallet. I hope things cooled down for you a bit out that way today - it was cool and cloudy here all day but, unfortunately, we got no rain. My best to D.
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