Chapter 4
PATTERN UNDERSTANDING

1he elll-ve desedbed by me earlh as ll lurne ls a
mural. and lhe pallern pl lls mang aboul llle
sun. The splar sy§|em lllelr belng parl ol a
spll-sl galaxy also desenbee a eplral la us more
menl... Even far lhe case or c|rculal movemenl.
when one adds ln |hc paesage nl' llme. me loral
pnln ls a splral.. The mynad lhlngi are (One
elanlly moving ln a splral pallern .. and we llve
Mmln lnal splral mavemenl.

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The pallerns and lnrrns pr ll lree are lound ln
many nalural and evolved slrunnres; an exe
ploelon, evnnl erbslon sequenee. ldea. germln-
sllan. or mplure al an edge pr (medic: or lwo
ayslems or medla lhere, earlh and almpspherel
may generale lne lree (on-n ln lllne and space.
Many lbresds splral lngelhee sl lhe polnl or
delormallbn ol lhe eurlaae and agaln dlsperse.
The lree lorm may be need as a general learhmg
model lee geography. eeblpg. and :voluuun: ll
pomye lne mbvemenl of energy and pameles ln
um and rpsee. Poems and plaeenla: venebme
and benes: vdnlees: musnrddms and lreea; use
lnlernal organs or man: me phenomena bl vo|-
eanle and mom ban-lb expleslons. eraslon
pauerns ol wnves, rlvers. and glselera, coma
munleslldn nels. lnduslrlal locallen nels;
mlgxauon; genealn - and perhaps lhe unlvelse
llsell are dune general use lorm pomeyed.

Slmple or mulllple pamways descrlbe y|nr
yang swasllka. lnnnlly. and mandala symboh. A
|oru§ bl ebnlalned lorsee evolves wlll-r lhe
energes pl lhe pellern. lllre the doughnul ol
smoke lhal endrdes lhe plllar bl lhz alomlc
explollnn.

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a elmle The wlnd. ln lls mites! power. whlrhm
The llle bl s man ls a elrole from chudhood lv
ehlldhobd. and so le everylhlng where power
moves 0dr leepees were rpulld lllre ule nesur er
blrds, and mese were .lways eel ln s EH12. llle
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4.1
INTRODUCTION

ll ls wlln some nepvdallen um I allempl a lnanse on
pallerne Neverlneless, ll mus| be allempled. lor ln
pallernln, Iles much al llle gmnd skull and llle full"!
pl deslgn. Panel-m are [arms mosl people undersland
and remember m are as mernarable and repealahle
as song, and 0! he same nan-re. Pauerm are all abdnl
us waves, sand dunes, volcaluc landsesper. lreee,
blaelrsblhmldlnps, even ammal behavmlll, ll we are in
reach an undeulnndmg ol \he basic, nnderlylng
pallems pl naml-al phenomena, we will have evolved a
powednl lpdl lor dawn, and laund a hnlung meme
appllealole la many dmpfinzs For llle flml ael ol llle
dsignu, vase eprnponenls have been ambled, ls lv
malre a rensllsle pallern assembly 0! llle wllole
Appmpflil: panemlne in he deslgn pm ean asslsl
lne nemevemenl nf a sunninabl: yleld imm flows,
gmwul (um, and [mung er lnldmlarion flux
l>allernlng 15 llne way we lnme our design, lhe
lemplale lnla whleln we I“ he lnlannallpn, enllllee,
and amen: ambled horn observauon map overlays,
zlle Imlylk dmnanpn of wmwmom, and me selec-
llpn 0! szd[\( malenals and lecllnpldales. ll ls lllls
parlermng lnsl permlls our elemenls la flow and
lnnrllpn m henelreral relallonslnps. The pallern ls
desrpn, and deslsn la the evened el permaeulnlee