The premise of the exhbit is to bring science and spirituality together
via sources as diverse as ancient love poetry, such as the Song of
Songs and scientific theory derived from quantum physics.
Some scientists see a theoretical grounding
for synchronicity in quantum physics and chaos theory. They are finding
that the isolation and separation of objects from each other is more
perception than a reality. On deeper levels, subatomic particles are
connected by participating in a sensitive, flowing web of information.
Physicists have shown, for example, that if two photons are separated,
no matter by how far, a change in one creates a simultaneous change
in the other.
The same can be said of two people in
love. Through love, we realize our deep connections that transend
the rational by embracing the mysterious when we enter the garden,
which is a metaphor for erotic love. When we let go of trying to understand,
analyze and control love, we can allow it to flow freely and are open
to transformation: “Blow upon my garden so that its spicy fragrance
spills out”, Song of Songs. In Chaos theory, there is a reckoning
and resolution. Everything changes and is unique in its own way. And
although we don’t understand the pattern, there is an inherent
one in nature.
Indeed, the mere study of photons and
love changes and stagnates them.