We visited the Design Museum in Denmark last week. It’s a 125-year museum of collections, archives, and research to showcase Danish design.

Fantastic to learn all the intricacies of good design — especially in everyday places like our home. One exhibit that caught my eye was a study on something simple: patterns. Here’s what it said:

“Patterns and rhythms are found in every aspect of our life and in recurring everyday activities. We are introduced to the rhythm of our mother's heartbeat even before we are born. Nature is full of structures and barely visible patterns that reveal its underlying order and regularity. Seen in the light of the art historical concept of amor infiniti - love of the infinite and the infinitely many - patterns become a metaphor for the infinity of God.”

What a beautiful concept. It made me reflect on how throughout history, we looked for ways to connect to a higher power: the alpha and the omega.

And something as simple as a pattern —from our apparel to our art— can make us feel closer to a divine creator.