The geometrical star structures in this Tree of Life model can be drawn by using only a straightedge and compass. The study of how to divide a line into thirds and a circle into sevenths using only a straight edge and compass was what first got me interested in the Tree of Life design. I knew that it was supposedly impossible to achieve a perfect third or seventh this way, but I wanted to see what I could discover in the process. I was motivated to do this exercise because this was a practice that Pythagoras made his students go through in order for them to understand geometry and the nature of numbers better. In the process I became aware that perfection was not necessary to achieve a practical solution to this problem. By exploring different approaches to challenge, it also revealed many other geometrical forms, divisions and relationships that I wouldn’t have seen otherwise. When I started this exercise, I wasn’t trying to develop another Tree of Life image, but the structure emerged out of the process, which led me to delve deeper into ideas being put forth in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life designs.