Following in yesterday's track, here is
Dyad, which relates to line. "One and two are the parents of all other numbers."*
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©Kathleen O'Brien, The Mystery of Numbers, Dyad, 12 x 7.5"
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Dyad is a Golden Rectangle.
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| ©Kathleen O'Brien, The Mystery of Numbers, Dyad, detail, square |
From the center of the first circle one finds the center of the second, between which is a line. The shared space is the
vesica piscis. "Duality, polarity, simultaneously divides and unites, repels and attracts, separates and returns."* Taking this square away, the next Golden Rectangle remains;
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©Kathleen O'Brien, The Mystery of Numbers, Dyad, detail, Golden Rectangle
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| ©Kathleen O'Brien, The Mystery of Numbers, Dyad, detail, square |
"Two reveals itself as the door between the One and the many, between Monad and all other numbers."* Taking this square away, the next Golden Rectangle remains;
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©Kathleen O'Brien, The Mystery of Numbers, Dyad, detail, Golden Rectangle
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The ephemera is of sesame, and the two botanicals are Clary Sage petals. What are your associations about two?
*Words in Quotes are from
Divine Proportion by Priya Hemenway
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