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The Science and Symbolism of Pearl Colors

Water salinity, temperature, and minerals determine the organic pigments deposited in a pearl's nacre,

Explore the intersection of mineralogy and meaning: 👇🏼
https://www.hermj.com/pearl-colors-meaning/

A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.

Organic Geometry in the Unique Form of a Baroque Pearl

Asymmetry is a powerful tool for creating visual interest, resulting in fluid, distorted shapes that are beautifully unique.

Pendant with triton
Flemish
1580 - 1590

Gold, multicoloured enamels, seven rubies, two pearls, two diamonds, five emeralds, and a garnet

It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.

Symmetry is a complexity-reducing concept (co-routines include subroutines); seek it everywhere.

Real vs. Fake Pearls

Like everything these days, spotting a fake is getting harder.

Authenticity requires more than just a visual check to truly separate the organic from the synthetic.

If a program manipulates a large amount of data, it does so in a small number of ways.

Every program is a part of some other program and rarely fits.

Syntactic sugar causes cancer of the semicolon.

With Summer heading out for the year, I thought I'd whip up a piece dedicating to such an occasion~!
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