We also have a circular patio feature. Yes, circles and squares have different significance in different cultures. I recall a comment about the Bloomsbury Group: they lived in squares, painted in circles and loved in triangles.
A perfect location to partake in a daily t’ai chi practise, Ant. What a splendid addition to your garden. Well done, of course.
Circles are beautiful things. They draw one in, and their continuity can be hyonotic. The humble square, though, does indeed have significance, and can be found alongside the circle in the yantras of Hinduism, as well as Buddhism and Jainism. It is a type of basic mandala, a square with four gates encompassing a circle, and is used for meditation and spiritual focus.
Squares resonate in nature, too, with the four points represented by North, South, East, and West, for example. And let’s not forget Leonardo’s Vitruvian Man, showing that humans fit both within the circle and the square, resonating with the structure of the universe. Squares provide structure, and stability, representung strength and groundedness; and where circles are infinite, squares represent the definite, with clear boundaries and focus.
We also have a circular patio feature. Yes, circles and squares have different significance in different cultures. I recall a comment about the Bloomsbury Group: they lived in squares, painted in circles and loved in triangles.
A perfect location to partake in a daily t’ai chi practise, Ant. What a splendid addition to your garden. Well done, of course.
Circles are beautiful things. They draw one in, and their continuity can be hyonotic. The humble square, though, does indeed have significance, and can be found alongside the circle in the yantras of Hinduism, as well as Buddhism and Jainism. It is a type of basic mandala, a square with four gates encompassing a circle, and is used for meditation and spiritual focus.
Squares resonate in nature, too, with the four points represented by North, South, East, and West, for example. And let’s not forget Leonardo’s Vitruvian Man, showing that humans fit both within the circle and the square, resonating with the structure of the universe. Squares provide structure, and stability, representung strength and groundedness; and where circles are infinite, squares represent the definite, with clear boundaries and focus.
Another thought provoking Antcast.