9.04.2009

columns and spirals, continuity and endpoints...


The Currituck Lighthouse was built in 1875...an imposing column that conceals a sleek spiral staircase. Both geometries survived the past and have a new role as cultural attraction, separate forms thriving in a tourist afterlife.

...

 

An hour before visiting the lighthouse, I had spotted this dragonfly at rest and marveled at its slender linear design. After taking this photograph, I spotted another dragonfly frantically struggling, contorted into a spiral...ensnared by a spider's web, similar forms...different geometries.  Here the column and spiral were separate only in time.  After taking this other photograph, I wondered how long the trapped geometry would last...

 

No comments: