Parisian Patterns

“Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience,
and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern.”
Alfred North Whitehead 1861-1947

This is a scene with multiple patterns that I found in Paris a few years back.

Stairs of Triumph

“The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.”
Samuel Johnson 1709-1784

These folks are ascending the spiral staircase inside the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.