Symmetries

I hate the spider related things. However, I should admit that the spider web is stunning in balance.

One perfect example is the human body. The left and right halves of the human body perfectly mirror each other. Internally, it is not the case, as body organs often do not mirror each other.

What is Symmetry?

We see beauty in things or people who are symmetrical. Symmetry is always a factor in aesthetics and beauty, but what does it really mean?

Symmetry is the sense of harmoniously pleasing balance and proportion. There is balance of similarity in an object, proven by geometry or physics. Gravity is an important factor in natural symmetry, that’s why most things in nature evolve towards symmetry. That’s why we see beauty in symmetry.

The most common type is reflection symmetry, also known as bilateral symmetry. Basically, this means having ‘two matching sides’. Which means that if you fold the object in half on its median axis, both sides have essentially identical halves.

Nature is filled with examples bearing bilateral symmetry. Butterflies, leaves, sea life, etc. exhibit this form of symmetry. Almost all plant and animal life exhibit reflection symmetry, only a few do not. Of course, bilateral symmetry in nature is only approximate, and do not perfectly match up when folded on the middle axis.

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This website is good for learning about symmetry.

When I was a children, I learned the hive is the symbol of nature’s symmetry.

Religious meaning

A yantra is a two- or three-dimensional geometric composition used in sadhanas, or meditative rituals. It is thought to be the abode of the deity. Each yantra is unique and calls the deity into the presence of the practitioner through the elaborate symbolic geometric designs. According to one scholar, “Yantras function as revelatory symbols of cosmic truths and as instructional charts of the spiritual aspect of human experience”^[5]

Many situate yantras as central focus points for Hindu tantric practice.Yantras are not representations, but are lived, experiential, nondual realities. As Khanna describes:

Despite its cosmic meanings a yantra is a reality lived. Because of the relationship that exists in the Tantras between the outer world (the macrocosm) and man’s inner world (the microcosm), every symbol in a yantra is ambivalently resonant in inner–outer synthesis, and is associated with the subtle body and aspects of human consciousness.^[6]

Mandala

In subway. Not only tile patterns, there are full of symmetry.

Can it be symmetric? Maybe 11?

I almost forgot to post it. This is a famous place in Central Park. Strawberry fields.!

It is also symmetry!

This symmetry of building bridge is mandatory in balance.

One of symmetrics in museum.

Irworobongdo is a Korean folding screen with a highly stylized landscape painting of a sun and moon, five peaks which
always was set behind Eojwa, the king’s royal throne during the Joseon Dynasty. It literally means “Painting of the Sun, Moon and
the Five Peaks” and is also called “Irwoldo” or “Irwolgonryundo”. The sun and moon symbolize the king and queen while
the five peaks denotes a mythical place. The screen serves to display the majesty of the Joseon royal court. <Wikipedia>