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| Circles in a Circle ~1923 |
In this painting, a thick black circle surrounds 26 overlapping circles of varying sizes and color, many of them intersected by straight black lines. Two strobes of blue and yellow extending from the top corners cross toward the center of the piece, changing the colors of the circles where they overlap. Kandinsky believed the circle significantly symbolized the cosmos, or universe. This painting brings the theme of circles to the forefront. The outer circle acts as a frame, drawing the viewer's attention to the interplay of colors and shapes within.
Kandinsky saw the dot, or point, as a small circle. He argued that this was the most basic, fundamental element of painting, observing that everything starts from a dot. From one basic dot, Kandinsky argued, one could create any variation of line or shape.
Like the circle of life where everything is interconnected, every aspect within the circle affects the others profoundly. In the 1985 drama Jeevana Chakra (Life Cycle), the circle of life is divided into eight aspects that represent life's most important elements----health, wealth, family and friends, career, recreation, environment, personal growth and romance. All eight of its aspects must be balanced to experience a life of total fulfillment and harmony.
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| Wheel of Fortune |
Just as part of a wheel moves from a low to a high position or from high to low, so does a person's life.
"You see Life as a straight line, but for us Life is a circle. After something or someone enters our circle, they travel with us forever influencing us even if they are not physically present. To us, there is no such thing as goodbye."
"The life of man is a self-evolving circle, which, from a ring imperceptibly small, rushes on all sides outwards to new and larger circles, and that without end." -Emerson