Pebbles on the Edge

Pebbles on the Edge
Lake McDonald, 2014
Showing posts with label Tiny Surfboards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tiny Surfboards. Show all posts

Friday, October 5, 2012

The First Attempt is Often the Best

 
I still love this version the best.
 

Eilidh and Taliesin: the first incarnation, now nonexistent,
except within the workings of my computer...
 
 
 
 
 

...and more silliness from the world of tiny surfboards.
Having fun with my new colors. I haven't had new
acrylic paint for a very long time.
 
 
It occurred to me some time ago that the curl of a wave is the same curl of a vine-tendril, a whirlpool, a fractal, the center of a flower, the whorl of a galaxy, the spring of a fern; the Fibonnacci sequence as a metaphor for life, perhaps. For me the curl, the wave, the spiral, is endlessly fascinating. What is the basis of the primal attraction we humans have for this ancient symbol?