PATTERNS

The idea of patterns accompanies human life since the early years of human civilisation. It is an abstract and very powerful idea which holds human life in order and good structure. Everything we do in life is subject to rules, models and repetitions. Since we were born this is the only way how to discover the world around us, by following certain patterns. In every area in our work or personal life,  we obey some models, examples and rules. This is the only way to learn new things by investigating and identifying the force that caused the patterns. We learn by repeating some knowledge in a certain way, following certain patterns. A pattern is a way in which something is done or organised, or in which something happens. We can talk about weather patterns, behaviour patterns, shape patterns, colour patterns and many other types of patterns depending on the nature of activities we are involved. The idea of patterns is an abstract philosophical one with great applications in every aspect of human life. Whatever we do we instinctively organise ourselves in a way that repeats itself again and again, throughout space in an identical but not random way; especially if the patterns are a good model and show progress and development, we tend to keep this pattern for next time as well.  Lack of everyday patterns that we could follow is a signal for our brain for chaos and can cause mental health problems, we will feel lost and frustrated like something is not right. We naturally like patterns and we recognise them, it is part of our human intelligence. We can not imagine our lives separated from the patterns because the ability to organise ourselves in a specific way and to maintain this way it is what makes us humans as well. Pattern recognition is what allows us to do everything from recognising individuals, people’s emotional states to solving jigsaw puzzles and sensing when a storm is to come.
In our greatest teacher nature, patterns are visible regularities of form found everywhere. They create the structure of the plants for example. Tree branches grow in a certain pattern. When we make patterns, it happens as a result of our plan to put the elements into a certain place. In nature, somehow natural forces agree to create patterns that look beautiful.

THE FUTURE IS NOW

Marc Chagall, The blue bird

What if, the birds in the sky,
The swifts and swallows, that fly so high,
Wondered about when they would die?
What if the tigers in the savanna plains,
Knew when the final day would come?
What if the whole animal kingdom,
Was built on the fear of tomorrow,
The final day?
What if every being in the cosmos,
Trembled in terror about
What will happen in the future?

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THE DIMENSIONS WE LIVE IN

The concept of ‘dimension’ is something that is interesting to all of us. Thanks to many science fiction texts the first association that comes to our minds is with something that refers to parallel or alternate universes. It is something profound that communicates to us about our deep levels of existence.

The shortest definition of ‘dimension’ according to the dictionary is ‘Dimension is a measurement of something in a particular direction, especially its height, length, or width; part or feature or way of considering 'something'.

As main synonyms of ‘dimension’ often are used ‘direction’ and ‘size’. In Physics it can also mean any physical measurement such as length, time or mass. The concept of ‘dimension’ is so important that famous mathematicians, scientists, philosophers, artists and literary people have shown interest in it. They have been trying to study and to find the properties of three-dimensional shapes by taking into account one or two aspects of theirs. The interest of the scientists is more about the dimensions we experience in our life on the planet Earth than comparing it with what we know of the dimensions of other objects in wider space. There are many questions that stay without answers because the way we can explore the universe is so limited by our experiences here on Earth. With the development of technology, it is interesting to see what answers the scientists will get about it - How many dimensions do we live in? Do we live only in three dimensions, or are there others which we are not capable of seeing? Is the situation in the universe the same or are there many more dimensions? What about time? Is time a different dimension or do we consider only the physical ones that refer to the concept of ‘space’? If we consider time as a dimension, that changes our image of the world, the scientific and the linguistic one. There are many three dimensional objects in nature.