Friday, October 13, 2006

Colony


The three basic principles of life: symbiosis, parasitism, and hierarchy. Note the dominance of these patterns throughout the spectrum of Organism. Volvox, mycelium, hive—all require an adherence to a common structure.

The figure’s trilateral symmetry is especially significant as a statement on humanity’s contemporary reality. Three (3)—the sacred numeral—permeates the figure, and its multiplicands provide an almost musical argument in favor of mutualism: Man as Symbiont. I, you, we.

To be is to exist, to be with is to live.

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