08/16/2024
Did you know that the legendary rock band TOOL used the numbers and patterns of the fibonacci sequence to help create their song “Lateralus”? (See comments if you want to hear the song.) Not only do the syllables in each line match the sequence, but even time signatures and transition points in the song can be seen to match. Beyond this, the lyrics speak of growing, reaching out beyond, and swinging on a spiral. This refers to the golden ratio from this sequence and it is also in the sacred geometry of the flower of life which all growth in nature exhibits.
The Fibonacci sequence is a very simple, elegant pattern that can be used to model many things in nature. See if you can figure out how it’s generated. What’s the next number..?
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, …