John Wilkes, a trained sculptor, had been working with water for several years searching for ways to enhance it through flow over surfaces generated through projective geometry. This was done in conjunction with George Adams who had revealed the geometry within natural form, and Theodor Schwenk a scientist working with a phenomenological approach to water.

Although water usually flows in an asymmetric way, John decided to investigate how water would respond when presented with symmetrical forms, as living organisms often develop symmetrically. Almost immediately he found rhythmic flow arising. Later investigation showed that to develop rhythm it was a question of finding a double bowl of appropriate proportions for a given flow speed and with the appropriate measure of resistance. The water needs to meet itself within the form and there needs to be a suitable space to allow a dynamic movement to develop. Within the double bowl this flow can have a lemniscatory (figure of eight) form. A research colleague, Dr Philip Kilner, went on to discover that rhythmic flow could also happen within a single bowl. This is very similar to the development of rhythmic flow in the bloodstream of a developing embryo prior to the formation of the heart. Philip returned to the medical world where he continues to work in the realm of heart flow dynamics.  Finish reading on his site...