Patterns

Today I'm thinking about where these drawings are taking me... not just inside, but inside and down to the small particles of self.
I'm always wondering about where we come from, what makes life alive, and I'm looking for the tiny natural patterns created by life forms growing and changing. What's actually inside a cell, for instance.
Patterns interest me because of their repetitive nature and the ritual that implies when drawing. Here's a way-cool example in the conus textile - beautiful shell - I found on Wikipedia.