I was fortunate to attend the London Bateson Salon at the British Museum on Tuesday. It was a mixed group of consultants, academics, therapists, and a play worker, all connected by an interest in the work  of Gregory Bateson. It was delicately facilitated by Nora Bateson who managed to carefully relate the work  of her father and the work she  now does in her own right.

Many things were raised during the session that have since reverberated with   me.  We explored the patterns that might connect  the clock room, a crouched statue of Venus, the Elgin Marbles, a statue of Shiva, the Chinese figure and the gigantic Scarab.

When I bought this Romanesco yesterday it transported me straight back to the Museum and our conversations, it is such a beautiful example of pattern – the beauty of systems.