Well, the summer is officially ‘on’. All of the kids activities and vacationing that we did in the beginning of our summer vacation are now decidedly over. The beasties are very much always around, which makes writing in this blog difficult. As I write this, one is arguing with the other about chore duties; a mere foot away from me.
There’s only so much room in a 1000 sq foot house.
Week 24
Week 24 was last week, in which fingernails were completed, nails were done, and the lungs started secreting a fat that allows for easier inflation. Movement-wise, she’s been quite the little jumper – kicking and bouncing quite a bit. I have yet to feel any kicks or anything of the sort. Usually she stops doing it as soon as I put my hand there.
At some point during this week we passed the divine proportion. The divine proportion is of historical, mathematical, and artistic significance. Numerically, it’s approximately .6180339887 – but what does it mean?
The Divine Proportion, Week 25
Essentially, the divine proportion it’s a ratio that’s derived from the Fibonacci Sequence. It’s also called the golden ratio and the golden mean. It has been used by artists, and observed in nature since about 300 BC. It really came into it’s own during the Renaissance in Europe, most famously used during this time in the Mona Lisa
The face in this painting makes up almost a perfect divine proportion rectangle, with her eyes making up the line that delineates the portions. It’s also used in architecture, and seen in nature in things like beehives and leaf patterns in trees.
What it has come to mean is a pleasing, natural beauty that is apparent to everyone. Humans, and nature itself seem designed around this number. From what I can surmise, it’s true. Is it any coincidence that the majority of the development is completed in this week, with the remaining weeks concentrating on building up mass and developing the nervous system? Is it a coincidence that survival rates of premature infants past the point of this ratio are reasonable?
In the upcoming week, the baby will start to gain lots of weight. It’s the ending section of the pregnancy, and the baby is getting more and more strong as the days go by. 14 more weeks until her journey is complete.
