Pretentious Yet Pointless
Contrasts of light and shade dominate the expanse of the work. In stereometric construction, the visual phenomena of the physical world are, in themselves, meaningless: the only worthy thing is feeling, as such. It is important to understand that the idea behind the Suprematist school is that it encourages Sol Aris to define form in terms of space, rather than mass.
A central underlying meaning of this sketch is the gently contorted downward floating components contrasting strongly with the here and now experience of form and space of the image.
The carving shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power. An important part of the doodle is that it is a reflection of the process of creation. It is important to understand that the essence of Shaker æsthetics is that it encourages the viewer to understand form in terms of space, rather than odour. A deep underlying meaning of this drawing is the shapes contrasting strongly with the arena of contrasting colour and space to indicate a natural sense which belongs to the basic senses of our psychology.