"Fibonacci Poem"

"Pryamids"

"Phi"

"Fibonacci Poem" - Color Version

"Pyramids" - Color Version

"Phi" - Color Version

Artist Statement

“Phi” is the ninth in a series of compositions to be developed for my thesis and by far the most complex of the concepts that I have explored this semester and yet the most fascinating. How does one go about explaining a number that encompasses so much of life around us; it is found in art, music, architecture, poetry, anatomy, religion and science. We know it as the Greek symbol Φ with it mathematical calculation being 1.61803. How can such a number have such an impact on so much? It is the Divine Proportion, the Golden Proportion, the Golden Mean, and the Golden Ratio.

According to Golden Number.net the description of this proportion as Golden and Divine is fitting perhaps because it is seen by many to open the door to a deeper understanding of beauty and spirituality in life. That's an incredible role for a single number to play, but then again this one number has played an incredible role in human history and in the universe at large.

The compositions that emerged this week are clearly in my blue phase but the colors feel right. An explanation for the original poem that I wrote; it is a Fibonacci derived poem, therefore in Divine Proportion, where the first line is a single syllable, the next single…add the two lines together to get the syllable count for the third line which is 2. The number breakdown is as follows: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, and 34. I feel very exposed by this poem for it reveals what I go through with this life threatening illness on a day to day basis; it is simply my truth and it is what came forward this week. Life changes when you are faced with your mortality but I am truly blessed for it has changed who I am and because of it I am on this amazing exploration into Divine Proportion.

Works Cited:

AU. “Phi for Neo-phi-tes.” Golden Number.net(2007) http://goldennumber.net/neophite.htm

Hemenway, Priya. Divine Proportions: Phi In Art, Nature, and Science. 1st. New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2005.