Garden Signal
Your daily Garden Signal, grown from one seed and the sunflower's numbers.
It began with yourits seed and a run of Fibonacci numbers, the same numbers found in sunflower and pinecone spirals. YourIts seed chose where the run starts. The code draws Fibonacci squares growing outward from 1, in the light of the time of day you grew it.
CodeForm1 share per UTC day (up to 8 grace days). Claim at 55+ days, grow to 100 and 365 days (up to 377 Fibonacci panes), or keep going with no cap as new seeds fold into the panes.
Lists all 55+ verified days with each day's UTC share time code (decoded from the X post ID), time-of-day light, F-XXXX-XXXX code, 10-digit seed, and SHA-256 certificate.
Today grows one piece. Your days grow The Golden Turn.
Your piece
Every visit grows a new piece from one seed, the number at the top. Names repeat, like a species; the number regrows this exact piece. Its code is your seed's Fibonacci digits. Its form is each number, as a square. The same seed always grows the same piece, fitted to your screen. Its share link shows that piece to anyone.
The same numbers are found in sunflower and pinecone spirals: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8…
Here, a new Garden Signal grows from that sequence and a fresh seed every visit. This one grew from your visit. Regrow this
One of about 4.3 billion seeds, so two visits rarely share one.
Lit by the time of day it grew. Four lights, morning, midday, evening and night, set by your clock.
The Signals are separate, finished artworks by @RarePatterns (opens in a new tab), released one every two weeks from here on. Your piece speaks their language: patterns from a rule, light from the time of day, made in code.
Genesis mints on Transient Labs, November 2.Genesis minted on Transient Labs, November 2.
See examples of The Golden TurnCome back tomorrow to add a pane. · This browser only · Details
Code and Form grow from one seed, lit in matching places.
Grown from the sunflower's numbers.
One Signal every two weeks.
Sixty seconds of generative art, made in code.
days in your garden. Back up your days to this site? Safari can erase days kept only in this browser. With a backup, they come back on your next visit, and your garden link brings them back anywhere.
@RarePatterns directs one 60-second Signal every two weeks, with AI writing the code. Above, you grow your own daily Garden Signal from the sunflower's numbers, in the same language of code and light.
The rule, written down.
And grown into form.
Golden Angle
For years, RarePatterns lived among sunflowers and pine trees at his last home. Each sunflower seed sits about 137.5° from the last, and each pinecone turns in spirals of 8 and 13. Golden Angle is how he keeps that place: he guides the work, and AI writes the code. · Signal page →
Golden Angle and the Garden Signal share the same math: Golden Angle's code sets each sunflower seed at the golden angle, about 137.5°, from the last, and the Garden Signal grows from Fibonacci numbers, the same numbers its spirals count. Black is the dark it grows from, sienna the earth, yellow the sunflower, orange the low sun.
Fragment Lock came first and is built differently. Some Signals grow from the sunflower's numbers. Others follow their own code.
- Seed 0000000000. A fresh number for this visit.
- Numbers It starts the Fibonacci digits at place 1: .
- Squares The code draws Fibonacci squares growing outward from 1, as many as your screen allows.
- Piece Each digit becomes a square tile, lit for the time of day. Same seed, same piece.
The Golden Turn
Your days grow The Golden Turn
Your first day is the Origin Eye, the gold center where the spiral begins. Each day you come back adds a pane, set about 137.5° from the last, like sunflower seeds and pinecone scales. At 55 days, it grows whole.
Because each pane grows from a 1-in-4.3-billion daily seed and your time of day, every piece is unique, and no two will ever be alike. Your options: claim your piece at 55+ days on X (within 63, up to 8 grace days) in The Gathered, planned, grow through 100 and 365 days up to 377 Fibonacci panes, or keep going with no cap as new days fold into the panes between so every day still changes it.
Your garden
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Your Golden Turn is woven from every 1-in-4.3-billion daily seed you share: every piece is unique, and no two will ever be alike. Your options: share on X for at least 55 days (within 63, up to 8 grace days) to claim at 55+ days, grow through 100 and 365 days (up to 377 Fibonacci panes), or keep going with no cap as new seeds fold into the panes while Day 1 stays at the center.
Lists all 55+ verified days with each day's UTC share time code (decoded from the X post ID), time-of-day light, F-XXXX-XXXX code, 10-digit seed, and SHA-256 certificate.
THE GATHERED, PLANNED · 55+ DAYS SHARED ON X · RECORDED
55 verified daily X shares for @RarePatterns · Certificate G55-00000000-000000. Drawn from all of your verified daily seeds: every piece is unique to the person who grew it, and no two will ever be alike.
Your days are kept only in this browser, on this device. Clearing site data or a private window erases them, and Safari may clear them after a week without a visit. Your days stay in this browser unless you choose Back up my garden, open Keep on another device, or open your private link. After that, each day you grow a piece here is added to the backup. Saving or sharing a piece, or posting your Golden Turn, sends only seeds and the time of day, never dates.
Your days are kept in this browser and backed up on this site. If Safari erases them here, they come back on your next visit. If you clear cookies or switch browsers, your garden link brings them back, so copy it now from Keep on another device.
Saves your days to this site. If this browser forgets them, they return on your next visit, and a private link brings them back on any browser. It sets one cookie holding a random code, nothing else.
Backup isn’t available right now. Your days are still saved in this browser, so you can try again later.
Your garden is saved under a random code in a cookie this site sets. If this browser loses your days, the page checks with this site once, sending only that cookie, so they can come back. It stores only the dates you grew a piece here, with each piece's seed and light, and when it last changed: no name, email or IP address, and none of it is shared with anyone or used for ads or analytics. (The site counts page visits with Cloudflare Web Analytics, which sets no cookies.) Anyone with your garden link can open and add to it, so keep it to yourself. It is kept until you ask us to delete it at hello@rarepatternsignal.com.
It holds each day's seed and light, no dates, so anyone can regrow your garden.
days in your garden. Back up your days to this site? Safari can erase days kept only in this browser. With a backup, they come back on your next visit, and your garden link brings them back anywhere.
Keep your garden. This private link brings your days back on any browser or device. Keep it to yourself.
Grows 1 → 55 → 100 → 365 → 610+ days (fold-over).
Examples: one sample garden at 55 days, 100 days and 365 days.
Why code The piece is grown, not drawn. Your seed and the Fibonacci numbers decide its pattern, the time of day sets its light, and it lays itself out to fit your screen. Why squares The code draws Fibonacci squares, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, each new one set against the last so they grow outward, with a quarter arc in each that comes close to the golden spiral. How many fit follows your screen.
Gold at midday, for the flower that grows toward the sun. Young sunflowers follow the sun by day and turn back east at night. In bloom, they stop turning and face the morning sun.
How it works
- 01 Idea
Suggest a Signal
Send a topic, a mood or a single word.
- 02 Code
Written in code
RarePatterns directs it as a 60-second Signal, sound included, with AI writing the code.
- 03 Form
Resolved into a Signal
If your idea starts a Signal, your X handle sits next to it in Signal Origins.
01 / Archive
Transmissions.
The finished works. Each Signal keeps the palette it was composed in. Your time of day only changes the light you see it in.
02 / About
About RarePatterns
The Signals are finished artworks by @RarePatterns (opens in a new tab). Fragment Lock, the Genesis piece, comes first, and Golden Angle follows. From there, one Signal every two weeks. He trained as a painter in Utah.
Every Signal is generative art, made in code. RarePatterns directs every Signal: the idea, composition, palette and sound. AI writes the code to his direction, and every decision is his. Every frame is generated by the code. The site's music ends on the chord of Fragment Lock, the Genesis piece.
Each Garden Signal grows from the numbers in sunflower and pinecone spirals, with a fresh seed every visit, so come back and another grows.
Each Signal gets its own palette, chosen by eye before the code is written, the way a traditional painting begins with a limited palette set out for its subject. It's the practice he trained in: a few colors, mixed for value and light. Fragment Lock holds to orange and black; Golden Angle works chiefly in black, sienna, warm yellow and orange.
- Cadence
- Every two weeks. Fragment Lock first, then Golden Angle.
- Duration
- 60 sec
- Process
- Directed by the artist, AI writes the code
- Palette
- Chosen by eye for each Signal
- Edition
- Edition of 5: 4 available, 1 kept by the artist
- Chain
- Ethereum
03 / Collect
Collect a Signal.
Genesis mints on Transient Labs (opens in a new tab), November 2. Until then, a seed head in the archive grows a little each day.Genesis minted on Transient Labs (opens in a new tab), November 2. The mint link was posted on X. Collect it on Transient Labs (opens in a new tab). Future Signals can begin with an idea from the community.
- Edition of 5 on Transient Labs, Ethereum: 4 available, 1 kept by the artist.
- Five, a Fibonacci number, like the 55 and 377 in the garden.
- You receive the Signal as a token in your wallet, one of 5.
- Genesis sells as 4 auctions, one edition a day from Nov 2, each open for 24 hours. Place a bid on Transient Labs. Network fees apply.
- Contract address appears here on mint day.
Collecting digital art carries risk, and values can fall. You need a wallet you control. Collect only what you would keep.
04 / Connections
Connections.
05 / Follow
Follow theSignal.
New Signals appear here. Follow @RarePatterns (opens in a new tab) on X, or suggest the next one.
A new piece grows every visit from a 1-in-4.3-billion seed, and because each Golden Turn is drawn from your own daily seeds, every piece is unique, and no two will ever be alike. Your options in The Gathered, planned: claim at 55+ days on X (within 63, up to 8 grace days), grow through 100 and 365 days (up to 377 Fibonacci panes), or keep going with no cap as new seeds fold into the panes. Record X share or check @handle ↑
06 / Suggest
Suggest a Signal.
Anyone can suggest a Signal. Type a topic and watch it sketch itself below. Send it, and it may grow into a future Signal.
With an X handle, a short topic from your idea can appear in Signal Origins. Without one, it is not shown on the site.
Ideas are welcome. Suggesting one doesn't give a share in, credit for, or rights to a Signal. If an idea inspires a Signal, it's credited to the suggester's X handle only.
Or write to hello@rarepatternsignal.com
Short and specific works best. 144 characters max.
Idea sketch
Each idea sketches itself. Like it? Send it above.
07 / Origins
Signal Origins.
Signals start as ideas. If yours becomes one, your X handle can stay with it here.
See the ideas suggested so far.
Credited
Ideas
Each idea resolves out of the static. Credited ideas resolve into their Signal.
Topics sent with an X handle can appear here. Some are held back.