Modern Mandala WC #577

I wish you would have spent less time talking to Robert Lamm and more time explaining your image, John! Are you just wanting to prod our curiousity to do our own research? Anyway, that's what I did and this is one definition of mandala I found--"Any of various ritualistic geometric designs symbolic of the universe, used in Hinduism and Buddhism as an aid to meditation." Ok, is this image a part of a timepiece or an actual symbolic mandala? Whatever it is, it has fantastic design and texture. . .one could certainly "meditate" for a while on all the great details in this. Great macro but a bit less brightness may be helpful.

Thanks for your insightful comments Carolyn Derstine, as always....

less brightness may be helpful.

Now, if I had a nickle for ever time I hear that comment going through the public schools, I'd be a rich man. Not that I'm not rich by some standards.

You missed an essential element of a mandala, that being a circle. Now, with that bit of information added to your research, you can perhaps see more as to why this is a mandala for modern man. Or perhaps not.

Now, finally, the time I spent talking about Robert Lamm and Chicago (where I live) really all had to do with explaining the image as I had labeled it.

All of that aside, Carolyn Derstein, you're the only person who responded, as you often are to images I post here. And I just want you to know that I appreciate the effort. More than that, I want to also tell you how much I appreciate the artistry you exemplify on NPN in general and in this forum in particular.

Take care

This was well timed for the theme this week John. I like that it is totally different from all of the other submissions, and you can spend a lot of time tracing the outlines and incredible design in this piece. It does seem a bit bright with the flash, maybe a longer exposure would bring out some of the rich golden colors without the brightness?

Spectacular look into at the watch innards! The golden glow and specular highlights from the flash are wonderful. Hard to call this "modern" with digital watches taking over.

Wow, the inside of that watch sure is beautiful! I actually don't mind the harsh gleams...it gives it a bit of a sparkle, a bit of a timeless quality

This is certainly an interesting image in many respects. All of the circles are elegant graphically. I just wish that they were a bit easier to distinguish from one another. I don't think brightness is the problem. I think sparseness of gradation and lack of contrast are to blame. The circle in the square is perfect. Peter, Paul, and Mary would approve.

Thanks Mark, Ed, Eirini and Robert; for looking and commenting. We all see things differently. And just to clarify the intention; I found myself noticing the 24 hour restriction we have here on NPN; not to say this is in any way objectionable: I think it works very well. But now that I'm retired, and losing touch with the clock, I started also thinking about the sense of time more primitive, less modern men (and women) once had, and how that of modern man, post-industrial man, is so connected to the clock; the alarm clock, work attendance (apart from performance), the time of work breaks and lunch whistle, how this changes with "Daylight Savings Time", and what that's all about. When I was a kid, we spent most of summers on the farm with our grandparents; and we didn't need a watch. So those are some of my thoughts. Thanks for sharing yours.