If one pays attention to the veins in leaves, they can look similarly to the trees on which they grow: a thick vein in the middle, like the trunk of a tree, then successively smaller branches forking-off this-way-and-that. It is like the tree, itself, has imprinted a self-portrait onto the leaf. A tree selfie!
Of course, proponents of philosophy and metaphysics will recognize the "As above, so below" Hermetic Principle of Correspondence at work here.
The details and patterns are so fascinating!
25-Nov-2019