Zig Zag

“Nature abhors a straight line.” – William Kent (via)

While nature provides many shapes that are pleasing to the eye, such as the parabola, the spiral, and the ellipse, the straight line is far less common in the natural world. It is human’s folly to try to impose such rigid regularity onto our constructs and architecture.

The zig zag is also a pattern that is seen regularly in nature, and sometimes it seems like an attempt at at straight line before the invisible artist that shapes the universe changes it’s mind.

Crassula ‘Red Pagoda’

Astroloba zags

Crassula ‘Moonglow’

Crassula zags

Mangave ‘Bloodspot’

Jagged Zags

Crassula ‘Tom Thumb’

Euphorbia ‘Zig Zag’

Cactus zags

Chasmanthium latifolium

Euphorbia rigida zigs

Posted for the DP Weekly Photo Challenge – Zig Zag