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Zine - The Spaces and Places of Change

A William Butler Yeats quote sets the framework for this zine's title.  It reads:

"Life is a journey...up a spiral staircase; as we grow older, we cover the ground we have covered before, only higher up; as we look down the winding stair below us, we measure our progress by the number of places where we were but no longer are."

I started the zine with research into the word 'spiral' seeking answers to some questions.  What are the different kinds?  How long has the symbol been around?  How have different cultures utilized the symbol?  What are its different meanings?  The entire back side of the zine contains drawings and notes from this effort.

We see the spiral shape in so many things and yet we don't think anything of it...normally.  You can see it in a snail shell, the capital of an Ionic Column, the heating coil of a stove, a corkscrew, and even a Slinky.  What other objects come to mind?

Recently, I've been thinking about the places I've lived over the years.  So, the zine has two parts .  One is about the emotional spaces I've experienced.  The other has a list of the physical places of 'home' that have been important to me as well as those places that were temporary or transitional.  (Note:  I've digitally removed this information from the zine pages for privacy reasons.)

The 'bones of this zine (those pink on white spirals over a brown background) were originally all in a painting cut up.  The zine framework was made a number of months ago with selected painting bits and has been sitting undone...waiting.  Meanwhile, I'd been looking for a quote with the word spiral in it and found the Yeats quote a few days ago.  It was the perfect springboard for completing my take on his reference to 'places'.  I used 'spaces' to list emotions rather than places because experientially they seem so different to me.  Besides, the two words rhyme, hence--the title above. 


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