The Grid that spans the seas, and time

Mark C. Merrill and the bamboo grid that hangs on his studio wall, which he has always wanted to make and finally did this year. It is based on an illustration he saw in National Geographic magazine. It was used by the earliest mariners to chart the stars and find their destinations while traveling. Because Mark is fascinated with the "Golden Rectangle", he could see the same relationships in this pattern.
While I was in Manila this summer, I chanced upon meeting Portugese-born, New York-based artist Luis da Cruz, who was having a show at the Ayala Museum. He gave me a personal tour of his work, and when I came upon this wall piece I knew what it was immediately!! Isn't it amazing how artists who don't even know each other and are on opposite sides of the ocean, can pick up upon the same ideas?

A close up on Luis da Cruz's work. It is entitled (currents). Just like the patterns of the ocean, the flow of the sea.