cultural relevance?

["Marc Anderson" <khaskoo@zzzzzzzzzzzzz>]

Sculpture was an expression of the culture, often loaded with religious
symbolism. I've always been interested in how people might think
differently, and especially how they might have done so earlier in history.
- Norman

I find myself attempting to penetrate this area where I might come to
further understand what I call a pattern language of proportion and design.
What may look pleasing is perhaps reflecting aspect ratios of nature,
Fibbinacci sequence, Phi ratio etc. I really haven't set out deliberately
yet to configure a work design based solely on mathematical planning,
although I've been thinking about doing it at some point. I had noticed back
in 1996 when I visited the Glastonbury Abbey cathedral ruins there was a
representative model of the original cathedral in the gift shop. It was one
of the most visually riveting designs I'd ever seen, I stood there
mesmerized, it was beautiful. The Temple of Man at Karnak appeals to my
sensibilities the same way also.

The masons of medieval era were largely responsible for final interpretation
of projects. Even the sculptures were created by masons who were skilled in
this art. Evidently they were also keepers of the divine aspects of
geometry, although like many things through time, lost the original intent
of application. This area of ancient design fascinates and challenges me. I
think artists like James Hubbell and Tony Goldworthy speak volumes on
expressing the higher spiraling energy forms in their works. It lifts the
human spirit, beyond a visual focal point, representing a consummation of
visible and invisible elements. As Bruce Lee once said about his philosophy,
"It's the art of fighting without fighting." It may take an artist decades
to get into the Zen of his own thing, but once there, the formless begins to
take form.   -Marc