Pretentious Yet Pointless
An interesting aspect of this particular sketch is that it is the eternal interplay of Yin and Yang. The never-ending curves are intertwined in a homage to misery. A perpetually evolving network, the outstanding aesthetic sensibility of which is always constant, is often entirely altered by the essential fact of the environment. Such forms, delicately variegated, create a strong interaction of forces. In this painting Sol Aris delineates the relationship between dark and light. It is important to understand that the essence of Shaker æsthetics is that it encourages the artist to define form in terms of area, rather than weight. The work shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.