Meaningful “Coincidences” for the Lab
Below are a set of photos starting with some family heirloom objects combined with my art that I captured starting back in September. After that are a series of photos with hexagons. After that are random pairings of things with a stylist or content similarity.
The reason I capture these is because I have an over active pattern recognition engine. These things made it fire. I also have come across content from “the algorithm” that was curious as it had significant relevance to me personally in that moment but the subjects were things I had never heard of, so I captured those too. Of course, “the algorithm”. Once one thing comes, all related stuff will start showing up. I am careful about confirmation bias, referential thinking, and all the pathologies associated with applying personal meaning to coincidence as if it was “meant for me or meant to be.” I am not detached from reality. I can hear the ridicule.
The context of how I came across these cannot be explained for each, so there is much that is lost in presenting these. This is more of a catalog than an explanation. Again, few would relate.
The hexagons appear when I go out for walks. Usually I just follow my intuition and roam. These things pop up, same as above. There is a context when they appear.
The latest coincidences around the Christian Mystic Thomas Merton were most interesting. Until yesterday (4/2/26), I had never heard of the man. Today, I feel deeply connected to him. Very sad for him too. Read about him and you will know why this page exists. He’s just the latest example.
Like the linked video on the Art of Synchronicity says, I am trying to live in harmony with people and my surroundings and in doing that, trust my choices will be based on my true self and direction, which is a calm, peaceful, loving, and forgiving individual. Forgiving does not include abandoning boundaries. I’m not the same. My boundaries are non negotiable. Life is a journey and a lesson I continue to observe and learn. The trials and difficulties in life, just like physical pain, are the greatest teachers.
These experiences feel like guides or sign posts. How to be better. Remember my failures and don’t judge others. I am just being Jon-Paul each day. I trust myself as I trust the universe. We’ve gotten me this far.
Peace and Love ☮️🌎✌🏼🙏
Found at Union Terminal Walk 2/10/26
Smale Labyrinth
Found on audiobook feed 3/13/26. Listening!
Hopi Serpent Video 3/17/2026
6/18/2025
I was born 1966.
Ancestry Hint about Dad
YouTube Feed
222 Views. My Address on McMillan, 222. Next to Grandpa Kroger’s Dime Store.
Spiral, Lightning, Eye
Late 80’s
April 2026
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About me according to search. FYI. Now retired.
From mymythos.org:
How Hexagon Might Affect Your Personal Mythology
How Hexagon Might Affect Your Mythos
When the Hexagon informs your personal mythos, your life story ceases to be a linear journey and becomes, instead, a work of intricate architecture. Key events are not merely sequential beads on a string; they are interlocking cells, each contributing to the strength and pattern of the whole. A childhood friendship, a professional failure, a sudden insight: these are the geometric units that, when properly understood and placed, form the resilient honeycomb of your identity. The narrative you tell of your life may focus less on a single heroic quest and more on the slow, meticulous, and ultimately beautiful assembly of a complex and meaningful structure.
Disclaimer: The synchronicities and statistical anomalies I document here are personal observations of my own life. I’m sharing them as an observer of a pattern, not a guide for yours. These are my experiences, not advice, and your results—as they say—will definitely vary.
