The progression with this was to explore my continuing use of circles and spirals, it was brought to my attention in a group critique and I began to grow increasingly intrigued in what this could mean.
When I explored the symbolism of the circle I came across the zen buddhist symbol Enso. In buddhist painting this symbol is said to
‘symbolise a moment when the mind is simply free to let the body/spirit create’
I felt that this was a strong link to my work as it describes what I have been exploring in a succinct way. I began to explore more about zen buddhism and much of what I read and found out resonated very strongly with who I am as a person as well as what I am doing with my art work (as I am discovering the two are always very tightly intertwined).
