Pattern and Ornament: Reading- CAM Raleigh

     Ornament is essential to the way we process beauty that surrounds us. Pattern creates a correlation between everyday life and symbols.In the article Ornament and Pattern written by Susan Yelavich and edited by Denise Gonzales Crisp  they state that Neuropsychologist Oliver Sack "speculates that optical migraine hallucinations—frequently patterned like oriental carpets—offer a window on the dynamics of our nerve cells." Patterns are significant to the way we think and create a set of order. A variety of symbols have been given meaning by our ancestors who derived these patterns from nature. However as humans we are constantly adapting these ornaments to keep us stimulated. Innovating these patterns by combining them together allows us to give different meanings to them.  

     Nature allows us to base our decorations on endless possibilities. Nature is constantly  evolving and with that so are our pattern designs. Recreating flowers into interact and complex floral shapes has allowed us to express nature in different forms. Abstracting patterns and reducing them give us different outcomes that can be interpreted differently. As humans we constantly chase perfection and ornament and pattern are a way to release that tension.