Parsimony

The eye, the still center, sacred, as well as the approach of an insect to a source of light, a hawk to prey, logarithmic, protein structures, helix, the water draining, spiraling, the staircase, the tower, persistent, galaxies, weather patterns and, irrational numbers, rotation, relative, the parsimonious swing

Parsimony, in evolutionary biology and zoological terms refers to the tendencies for organisms to grow in a spiral formation under the pressures of gravity. 

This publication exlores archival and found imagery dipicting various spiral events, growth patterns, and our relationship to them.
 



2023
1-color blue risograph
76 pages

Printed on
Mohawk Via Vellum & French Construction 70lb 
edition of 30





 STEPHEN PARKS

graphic design, education, print,
publishing, sculpture
CONSTANT RITUAL

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