Permaculture Principle #7

Design From Patterns to Details.

Every spider’s web is unique to its situation, yet the general pattern of radial spokes and spiral rings is universal. We can choose to look at the details and discover individuality, or we can discern the pattern and see the universal. Being able to hold both of these in mind in a practice. The artist spirals in and spirals out from the artwork.

If we can start to understand our own patterns we can learn so much about ourselves, the things that come naturally to us and what our passions in life are. We can discover these by looking at details, but not getting stuck in minutiae. Always stepping back to see the bigger picture.

“Can’t see the forest for the trees.”