strange attractors

Paying closer attention to reality yields an interesting phenomena, that then pops up all over, wherever attention is set.

A field of grass can have millions of blades, and display cosmic levels of unity when the wind blows through; displacing their direction cohesively. Yet, that same field also contains millions of subtly unique blades of grass.

The harmony of the ocean is apparent in the currents and the tides; moving mountains of water around the planet. Yet, upon careful awareness, it's seen that each wave and ripple, each droplet of rain that merges into the ocean's surface is utterly individual.

And human created structures are also abound with the same. The flow of traffic: an emergent pattern consisting entirely of different people. The behavior of the stock market, as well.

All these instances remind me of the physics concept of "strange attractors": systems that appear to have order, but are fundamentally built atop chaos.

There is no lesson, no existential message embodied in this post; rather, just the observations of the incredible nature of reality, once you begin looking for it in the most ordinary places. Experience is a blooming minefield of beauty, ripe for discovery.