In Australia, most of the land developments are on the coastlines. Well, that is true anywhere in the world – the biggest population centers are on or near a coastline. Perhaps it is the human affinity with water. the more temperate climate near a coast, or just that they like the look and sound of waves. Whatever the reason, any country’s coasts are developed, and sometimes too developed.
However, there are places in the world where built spaces merge with natural spaces, and the Port Douglas/Daintree area is one of those places. Modern conveniences are here, but so are tropical flora and fauna like the cassowary, kangaroo, and crocodile. You can burn the midnight oil in town, or rest by the campfire. And, they are all in a tropical rainforest setting!
Fortunately, I enjoyed sunny weather while visiting in October, and I assuredly would go again. If you like places that are not too hot/not too cold, and not too city/not too country, check out Port Douglas and the Daintree Rain Forest.
NOTES ON THE VIDEO
Poetic Form: The Fib (Modern, Fibonacci Sequence) is a minimalistic poem comparable to haiku. Its construction reflects the Fibonacci Sequence, which was published in the 1202 book Liber Abaci by Italian mathematician Fibonacci. The Fibonacci Sequence is a mathematical sequence in which a number in a sequence is the sum of its two preceding numbers.
In the Fibonacci Sequence poetic form, as created by Gregory K. Pincus in a 2006 blog post, each line must be the mathematical equivalent of the two preceding lines. I use the number of syllables per line, but others have used the number of words or letters per line. Commonly, Fib poems are six lines, for a total of 20 syllables. In the following song “Truth vs. Lies – A Compounding View,” I wrote five-line stanzas with one line of silence. (You know, every song begins with a silence and ends with a silence after all!) There are two stanzas: one ascending (1 syllable words to five syllable words in Line 5,) and one descending (5 to 1) for an extra twist. The Fib is a very flexible form. There are no standards for meter, rhymes or punctuation. The only rules are:
- Line Zero, the starting point, has zero syllables; or, in other words, silence.
- Line One is one syllable. (Line One = 1)
- Line Two is one syllable. (Line Two equals the sum of the preceding two lines: Starting Point, 0, and Line One, 1.)
- Line Three is two syllables. (Sum of preceding Lines One, 1, and Line Two, 1: Sum = 1 + 1 = 2.)
- Line Four is three syllables (2 + 1,) Line Five is five syllables (3 + 2,) and so on.
- The poem, like the Fibonacci Sequence, could go on as long as you like. Most people, besides Hemingway, might find it difficult to find a Line of 55 syllables (the syllable sequence for Line Ten.) Yes, try singing that in a breath!
Truly, it is amazing how the Fibonacci Sequence exists throughout the universe. It is found in galaxies like the Milky Way. The pattern of a Nautilus seashell follows the Sequence, as do the leaves on a stem and the branch on a tree. Pinecones have it. Great paintings are based upon the Sequence, (Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa for one.) Interestingly, the sequence numbers compound in a beautiful way – – natural and rational. Yet, it is definitely mysterious…
Lyrics to “Truth vs. Lies – A Compounding View
(Silence)
Lies
Cheats
Hurting
Tyranny
Hidden deception
Uncontrollable
One true love
Nature
Work
Goals
(Silence)