Patterns Shape Our World

People Love Patterns! Our brains are set up to find and read patterns in a split second. That's how babies learn so much so fast. Their brains are making patterns from millions of clues their senses "read" in the environment. It is easier to remember a pattern than a million clues!
Patterns turn messes into miracles.
Patterns are everywhere, helping us make sense of our world.
All patterns begin and end with a blank space, with silence.

Patterns turn noise into music.
Sometimes it seems music is more about patterns than about anything else.
Click on images below to learn about how music expresses patterns found all around us.

Patterns can be accidental. They just happen.


Patterns can be self-organizing. They arrange themselves.


Patterns can be intentional. They are ordered a certain way on purpose.

The pictures on this page make a pattern. What is it?

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