I just wanted to comment on one of the works created by Robert Long that I found to be particularly interesting when I was searching through his works online. This is a picture of 'Earthquake Circles". He uses archetypal geometric forms to create original works that are cylindrical or spherical in nature (generally speaking). I find it interesting, like in Joyce's work for our class, how Long chose circles as his shape of prefence, while Joyce chose straight lines. I think it shows a lot about Joyce's personality and how she has an element of control exhibited through the creation of straight lines in her patterns. Long on the other hand, uses raw materials to make a closed shaped with no definite beginning or end, which makes the path all the more intriguing, if that is you choose to see a circle as a path or, maybe it is just a route with no destination that repeats itself over and over again. What's funny is that Long's pieces do actually represent actual paths he walked, he just represented them in a less conventional and less obvious way than say Joyce did, or I did even, by literally tagging the site where the path was walked, instead of taking it out of context. These are simply some ideas that have been running through my head...feel free to comment if you wish....
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