Visual Science of Ryoanji
For 500 years, the Zen garden at Ryoanji Temple in Kyoto has enigmatically captivated our gaze. In a new paper published in Nature, Neuroscience may explain why: Tour guides bringing visitors to the 'best' spot to view the garden stop exactly where the symmetry lines converge.
Curiously reminiscent of other studies on entoptic effects in shamanic and prehistoric art. There's also a resonance with both these ideas to the directional harmonics at work in our biology. We may be one in the Spirit, but we are one in the Body too.
Submitted by mrG on Thu, 2002-09-26 10:08
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