Saturday 23 May 2009

CIRCLES

MY VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF INFINITY AND RANDOMNESS. AFTER RED WINE AND A STIMULATING LECTURE ON CHAOS BY MY BROTHER MICHAEL. A MATHEMATICIAN. PURE MATHEMATICIAN. NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THAT OF THE APPLIED, HE SAYS. THE ONLY VISUAL REPRESENTATION I COULD MAKE OF ANYTHING OF GREAT WEIGHT WAS A CIRCLE. INFINITY:CIRCLE. ABSENCE:CIRCLE. CONSCIOUSNESS, ENGAGEMENT, SLEEP:CIRCLES. AN EIGHT YEAR OLD NAMED AIDAN ONCE TOLD ME HE WAS GOOD AT DRAWING CIRCLES. HIS LOOKED ALMOST IDENTICAL TO MINE.