Paradox of Balance: Harmony Via Enspherification of the Contra-Forms Superimposed on a Static Field Drawing

Caught by halos the perpendicular arrow of focal capture is framed against a background of linear static... A contender for perpendicular form in antonymy could be a line, yet two lines comprise a major compositional element of perpendicularity. Hence, a curve is a more wholesomely antonymic form. What´s more, the ultimate manifestation of a curve would surely be the circle. The completion of the perfect curve is the perfect circle. So, it stands to reason that a compositional contrast of circle and right-angle is a contradictory, yet pleasing, paradox. Against, this paradox of balance, one can place yet another contrast: lines of staticity. Such jagged irregularity conforms to neither description by curves or the intersection of straight lines. In summary, the elements can be described by: 1) a background field of staticity of line, 2) a minor cascade of circles that; 3) capture the major opposite forms to a circle of: a) the major perpendicular form, and; b) the minor extension of form that is a straight line. In other words, both the straight line framed by the minor circle and the right-angle framed by the major circle are opposites. These combinations of opposites are superimposed upon yet another opposite in the form of a static background field. The result is balance through contradictory forms. More prosaically, it looks like a mountain in sunlight... However, I feel it necessary to say that this was another example of an inadvertent manifestation from the original design process. In fact during the entire execution of the piece the orientation in my mind was at 90 degrees to the here-presented orientation. It was just an abstract pattern. It was only upon completion that I thought to flip the object, and then noticed the arrangement in a more coherent orientation for the eye. I don´t really care which way up you put it, but I do hope you find it pleasing to the eye! Actually, I recommend obtaining an additional print that can be placed beside the original in a 180 degree rotation. This can be seen as the Mountain Peak/Mountain Pass diptych (see additional images for example).

Drawing:Ink on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:5.3 W x 5.3 H x 0 D in

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