There is something to be said for circles. I'm not sure what it is, however. Neolithic stone circles, petroglyphs in spiral form, kivas in the southwest, burial mounds etc. etc. Even small in scale there is an elemental power to them that pulls the viewer in and creates a visual as well as "spiritual" tension between the circle and the environment. In stone, this seems amplified. There is nothing quite like standing in the midst of a stone circle, like Stonehenge, or enclosed in one of the tholos tombs at Mycenae or a great kiva like Casa Rinconada in Chaco Canyon. It is understandable why the circular form is connected to the "sacred"
in so many cultures. Perhaps the more difficult thing to grasp is why it isn't in every culture. Even in two dimensions, the circle sucks me in. Adolph Gottlieb's "Blast" images and the Japanese flag...how can you walk by them? We could go on and on, I'm sure, but.....
in so many cultures. Perhaps the more difficult thing to grasp is why it isn't in every culture. Even in two dimensions, the circle sucks me in. Adolph Gottlieb's "Blast" images and the Japanese flag...how can you walk by them? We could go on and on, I'm sure, but.....would I feel the same way if the sun and the moon were shaped like "Good-n-Plenty"?.......
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