Triangles, circles are pleasing shapes

William Blake's water colour of 1794 was drawn in collaboration with the author to illustrate John Milton's Paradise Lost.

It portrays God's circumscribing compass as a triangular shape, an instrument which encircles and defines the boundaries of the world.

A photo taken of the wake behind a high-powered dinghy in The Puget Sound shows the triangular pattern as the boat speeds away from the town of Sequim WA. The pattern is repeated by the mountains in the distance. The setting is - the round earth.


Yesterday's photo of the chickadee sitting on the feeder bracket is pleasing to the eye. Why is that? Because the small bird was placed at the apex of the frame and the tree branches in their randomness suggest triangular patterns pointing to the bird at the top.

The zig-zag motif is found on ancient pottery, and on a cocntemporary decorative border of a garage roof. Easy to draw, easy on the eye. The icicles are naturally elongated triangles, again.

These Laplanders live in a round hut of sticks tied into a triangular bundle. Their hats are triangular forms.

The dogs as they sit are pyramid-shaped. The form of the circumscribed floor of the shelter is a circle. Who is to argue with the Creator?

You will never go wrong with triangles and circles. Look here: the label is a triangle, and the wind clouds are round.

Simple as that!