Leonardo Da Vinci has been such an inspiration to me in the last few years. Back in High School, I really wasn't very good at math, especially Geometry. I just didn't get it and I didn't buy the excuse from my teachers to learn it just because they said to do so. That philosophy didn't resonate with any truth whatsoever. I had a few aha moments in Algebra where, with some extra tutoring from my teacher, the light actually came on. I started to kind of understand the abstractness of numbers.
Shoot ahead to 1997 and the concept of Sacred Geometry. The guitarist in my band threw out the phrase to me in casual conversation and assumed that I knew what he was talking about. I thought he was crazy. I wasn't ready for it yet.
In 2008, I received a book by Drunvalo Melchizedek called the The Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life Vol.1. It completely blew me away. I was ready to understand why this concept was so powerful in the evolution of the human mind and was very instrumental in many inventions over the centuries that were first envisioned by Da Vinci.
Apparently, all matter is created out of this shape. In fact, one of the earliest known versions was found burned into the interior stone wall of the Saqqoro pyramids in Egypt! It is proposed to be at least 10,000 years old!
Where did this knowledge come from?
When I found out the Da Vinci spent the last third of his life studying all of the different ways the symbol could be used to create form, I instantly knew that it was important. People thought he was crazy for devoting so much time to a series of overlapping circles. I was completely intrigued by the idea. And I realized how mathematics, especially geometry can be effectively used in the creation of artwork.
The human being begins life as two overlapping spheres called the Vescis Pieces and then the cells continue to divide exponentially billions of times. So, we actually resonate on a cellular level with this ancient symbol.
In 2010, I was moved to create my own version of the symbol in acrylic on canvas. I wanted it to be based in spirit of the original, but not the typical pattern that you see everywhere.
I called it "The Flower of My Life" because, when I finished it, I counted the circles and they totaled 41, which happened to be my age at the time! I didn't plan on that whatsoever.
The funny thing about working with this symbol creatively is that you can't think about what you are doing. There is no logic. It follows a precise mathematical measurement to create it that requires no thought, just repetition in action.
In the end, the symbol presents itself. And it changes the way that you look at everything in nature...and yourself.
Shoot ahead to 1997 and the concept of Sacred Geometry. The guitarist in my band threw out the phrase to me in casual conversation and assumed that I knew what he was talking about. I thought he was crazy. I wasn't ready for it yet.
In 2008, I received a book by Drunvalo Melchizedek called the The Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life Vol.1. It completely blew me away. I was ready to understand why this concept was so powerful in the evolution of the human mind and was very instrumental in many inventions over the centuries that were first envisioned by Da Vinci.
Apparently, all matter is created out of this shape. In fact, one of the earliest known versions was found burned into the interior stone wall of the Saqqoro pyramids in Egypt! It is proposed to be at least 10,000 years old!
Where did this knowledge come from?
When I found out the Da Vinci spent the last third of his life studying all of the different ways the symbol could be used to create form, I instantly knew that it was important. People thought he was crazy for devoting so much time to a series of overlapping circles. I was completely intrigued by the idea. And I realized how mathematics, especially geometry can be effectively used in the creation of artwork.
The human being begins life as two overlapping spheres called the Vescis Pieces and then the cells continue to divide exponentially billions of times. So, we actually resonate on a cellular level with this ancient symbol.
In 2010, I was moved to create my own version of the symbol in acrylic on canvas. I wanted it to be based in spirit of the original, but not the typical pattern that you see everywhere.
I called it "The Flower of My Life" because, when I finished it, I counted the circles and they totaled 41, which happened to be my age at the time! I didn't plan on that whatsoever.
The funny thing about working with this symbol creatively is that you can't think about what you are doing. There is no logic. It follows a precise mathematical measurement to create it that requires no thought, just repetition in action.
In the end, the symbol presents itself. And it changes the way that you look at everything in nature...and yourself.
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