About the Author
Artist and entrepreneur Steve McIntosh is the founder and president of Now & Zen, Inc., manufacturer of cultural artifacts such as the Zen Alarm Clock. Steve is also the author of: The Spiritual Practice of Beauty Video, The Golden Mean Book & Caliper Set, and Triad Cards: Navigation Tools for the Dimension of Meaning. Prior to founding Now & Zen, Steve was an executive officer of Celestial Seasonings tea company. He has a law degree from the University of Virginia and a business degree from the University of Southern California. Steve is founder and director of the Beauty, Truth & Goodness Foundation. Steve is thrity-eight years old and lives in Boulder, Colorado.
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From Chapter 1: The Golden Mean is not so much a number as it is a relationship between a small part and a large part of any whole - a whole line, a whole shape, a whole volume, a whole time period, or a whole organizational function. What makes the relationship between the small part and the large part special is the specific proportion of one to the other, and of each to the whole. The unique "divided, yet unified" quality of this relationship provides the formula for the rendering of two fundamental universal patters: the pentagonal star and the equiangular spiral.