Catriona MacGregor – The spiral is one of the most powerful and beautiful patterns in nature. Spirals are everywhere, from luminous spiral galaxies ablaze in dazzling colors to the tiny spirals at the tips of our fingers. The spiral is simultaneously a structure and a movement.

As a dynamic movement, the spiral can be creative beyond measure or devastatingly destructive, as exhibited by tornados or tsunamis. As structure or design, spirals are the form that animate and inanimate things take. The fact that the spiral form is found throughout the great diversity of life and beyond speaks strongly of an underlying unity in the universe, shared among all creation. Continue reading →