The Crossing of Opposites

"When we cross a vertical with a horizontal...we see that this crossing generates a square surface: a tangible entity comes into existence as a result of crossing. The principle can be transferred symbolically to...the crossing of warp and weft which gives birth to a cloth surface, or the crossing of darkness and light which gives birth to tangible, visible form, or the crossing of matter and spirit which gives birth to life itself. So the crossing is an action principle which the square represents...

"The word Nature means that which is born, and all birth into nature requires the crossing of opposites. So the square came to represent the earth, and as such symbolized the conscious experience of finite existence, of what is born into Nature.”

Robert Lawlor, Sacred Geometry, p. 24

Two of these paintings, Coomaraswamy and Plotinus, were included in the 1997 Oregon Biennial curated by Kathryn Kanjo.

Related publicity:
Can-Do Kanjo,  Willamette Week,  08/27/97  (PDF)