Re: Question about how to create "The Flower of Life" symbol
These are interesting methods, I have been doing it with circles and using the snap to objects and each circle is snapped with either it's edge aligned to the center of the previous circle or intersections where the circles overlap. I build the seed of life first and then build outward on that until I have the flower. To finish it off I draw the final large circle around the flower and remove the bits I dont need.
20 January 2013, 10:51 AM
Egg Bramhill
Re: Question about how to create "The Flower of Life" symbol
Re: Question about how to create "The Flower of Life" symbol
This is awesome thanks everyone I've learned a lot
20 January 2013, 03:25 PM
handrawn
Re: Question about how to create "The Flower of Life" symbol
thats good :)
I just learnt that since it is a circle the choice of which to call x and which to call y is purely arbitary; which makes sense
20 January 2013, 09:10 PM
angelize
Re: Question about how to create "The Flower of Life" symbol
First I apologize for taking so long to get this done ( I had family matters to attend to)
I like Eggs method, it's quick and easy. I went ahead and did my video any way as it shows my method better than my previous explanation. My method as you will see in the video follows the theory of some of the symbols that are contained in the flower of life. What really amazes me is that these symbols date back to biblical times and possibly even before that and yet the first steps of the creation of this symbol going by the theory and starting with the Vescia Piscus and going through to the Seed of Life are almost identical to the stages of division of a fertilized human egg as it becomes an embryo, something only visible with a microscope!
20 January 2013, 09:34 PM
handrawn
Re: Question about how to create "The Flower of Life" symbol
thanks Frances
[Mitosis [technically mitosis and cytokinesis] from a human fertilised egg produces something that looks rather like a berry prior to implantation... ]
20 January 2013, 09:52 PM
angelize
Re: Question about how to create "The Flower of Life" symbol
Yes it would in a 3 dimensional view, however take a look at the images on this page http://transmissionsmedia.com/flower...y-of-creation/ on the left is the beginning stages of a flower of life drawing and on the far right are actual microscope images of a human egg dividing, the similarities are quite striking :)
20 January 2013, 10:06 PM
handrawn
Re: Question about how to create "The Flower of Life" symbol
I quess this is not really the forum to discuss matters gynecological :D
sure the patterns look similar in 2 dimensions, but the whole point is that through all the stages from zygote to embryo, and beyond, what it is, is 3 dimensional .....
I'll grant it's a cute 'association'
the pattern is more likely to be a reminder that everything is part of everything else and it all goes round in circles - but that's just my view of course...