Sunday, January 23, 2011

Monday Jan. 24, 2011 Circles, Groups, Stacks, People.

1.)  Circles-The sun and the moon, sacred spots.
     There is a large circle on the floor of the front entrance to the EUC as well as a sun on the floor.  There is also an oculous on the EUC ceiling.
A picture of the circluar part of the building as well as the oculous can be found here; http://www.uncg.edu/euc/maps/. 
Circles are directly connected to sacred spots.  The EUC is considered one of those sacred spots for students on campus, and in ritual students go there all the time to enjoy themselves, as well as eat.
2.) Groups-The music building on campus had several examples of groups.  A picture of the music building can be found here; http://www.uncg.edu/mus/about.html.  There was a large grouping of the windows as well as the rocks and trees around the pond.
Groups are connections with people and the trees and rocks around the pond also had several groups of benches as well.  Since the environment here is so nice, our ritual is to come and sit here and relax by the pond.
3.)Stacks-The library, found here; http://web.uncg.edu/adm/image/steps/0910/library.jpg  is the best example of stacking I could find.  The stacking is evident floor by floor, although basic, it is still stacking none the less. 
4.) People-The best example of this I could find on campus was the dining hall found here; http://www.uncg.edu/ipg/enewsworthy/IFest1.jpg
I thought this was a good example because the entry way is similar to a human skeleton.  It looks like it may fall at any moment, but is in fact self supporting with no skin, just like a human skeleton.  This is somewhere where we go often, our ritual here is eating so of course we would have a neat entrance here.

3 comments:

  1. I had never considered your skeletal observation for item #4. Interesting way to relate it. Some have also said that the columns around campus may also resemble people. (capital as being the head, the base as being your feet and so on.)

    Although circles can symbolize sacred spots, what other things do they symbolize or mean? are they areas to congregate or do people generally stay away from them?
    Stacking is shown best by the library, I think too. Stacking can also be a gathering of things, which is also appropriate to the library.

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  2. The circles represent connections. For example, the connections with one another, through a gathering or congregation area such as the EUC. It almost represents itself as a sort of union between a place where students can study, work, buy books, congregate, and have fun, all at the same time!

    Thanks for the post! :D

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