There has been a lot of talk of Golden Ratios in my feed lately, a subject which seems to come and go but never stay gone. I remember falling down the Fibonacci-sequence, rule-of-thirds, golden-ratio-rabbit-hole years ago while studying photography in college; it's a comfortable hole for me to be in and revisit from time to time. From the talk in the news about photographs of Parliament brawls and drunken New Year's debauchery following the aesthetic rule of Renaissance painting, to a recent book I picked up on watercolor painting, to my new favorite t-shirt (see photos above), I just can't get enough of the glorious spiral that governs all law of nature and beauty--and apparently everyone else is on the same page!

In all seriousness though, Fibonacci was a mathematical genius and his discovery in 1202 has (knowingly and unknowingly) influenced art and famous artists for all of time. I know that I personally often think of these rules, sequences, and patterns when I am creating something. Landscape, portrait, and still life paintings (which to me are huge inspirations for prop styling), utilize this golden rule in them often and throughout history. It's amazing how a mathematical string of numbers can arrange into a beautiful eye-pleasing image, and even more amazing that someone can translate those numbers into said image. Inherently, symmetry may never go out of style it seems, and I'm glad to see it's still alive and kicking. Stay golden, my friends, and keep on with the "gratio" (way to go Clare for coining that term earlier today).