the notion of infinity

each of these linden bracts shares identical DNA, and yet, look at the variation. it has me thinking about the idea of infinity, according to which, there are an infinite number of variations on the linden bract, with such infinitessimal differences from one to the other, that the photo above looks like chaos–with each bract as proportionately different from its neighbor as a whale is from a desert scorpion. infinity freaks me out.

linden (tilia) fruit and bracts

saint paul, minnesota

  • Gin says:

    How strange that the fruit stem comes out of the center of the leaf… Beautiful, as your seemingly random creations always are.

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  • mary says:

    Terrific.

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