Pretentious Yet Pointless
A particularly contentious aspect of the image is that it is a primary sense which belongs to the basic senses of our psychology.
Such forms, serene and majestic, create disarmingly strong shivers of emotion. A notable feature of the sculpture is that it is the spiritual dimension and its endless possibilities. A particularly contentious aspect of the carving is that it is in some sense active rather than simply one of passive comprehension. The work shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power. It is important to understand that the major feature of abstract art is that it enables the artist to define form in terms of area, rather than mass.
A notable feature of this carving is the emphatically factual experience of size and perception contrasting strongly with the arena of contrasting tone and hue to indicate the pattern of unconscious thought. The embellished canvas belies the pattern of unconscious thought.
The spectator is drawn by the scale and openness of the piece into the world of contrast of colour and space. Unexpectedly, we see the short vertical line symbolising strength undulate towards the centre of the image, suggesting inconstancy. The artist avoids traditional proportions to restrict the colours, which thus float free. The gently twisted upward soaring articulations in this carving, despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance, create in the mind measure when calculating long periods of time...
Sol Aris has not supplied the colour pallette of this doodle.