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The reason why I named this picture "Divine Proportion" is because that is another name for the golden ratio. If you don't know what the golden ratio is, then I will explain it to you:
First off, the Golden Ratio = 1.6180339887498948482.... (and so on...) or you can get its exact number by saying (1 +sqrt{5})/2
/ that being the ratio of:
1+1=2
1+2=3
3+2=5
3+5=8
5+8=13 and so on...
This number is so significant because it is applied in nature so often.
For an example:
Somebody with a lot of time on their hands discovered that the individual florets of the daisy (and of a sunflower as well) grow in two spirals extending out from the center. The first spiral has 21 arms, while the other has 34. And their ratio, of course, is the Golden Ratio. We can say the same thing about the spirals of a pinecone, where spirals from the center have 5 and 8 arms, respectively (or of 8 and 13, depending on the size)
It is interesting to note that the golden proportion is also clearly evident in the human figure: one's upper leg can often be found to be Phi(the G.R.) times ones lower leg; ones eyes are usually about Phi of the way up from the chin. Also the proportion of the average mans teeth adjacent to eachother is Phi.
Some others include:
All types of crystals, natural and cultured.
The hexagonal geometry of snowflakes.
Creatures exhibiting logarithmic spiral patterns: e.g. snails and various shell fish.
Birds and flying insects, exhibiting clear Golden Mean proportions in bodies & wings.
The way in which lightning forms branches.
The way in which rivers branch.
The geometric molecular and atomic patterns that all solid metals exhibit.
So the reason i picked that name is that also Phi can be applied to trees and other plants. In Trees, it determines the pattern of placement and number of branches to stem from a previous branch. So you see the significance...
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