Starting from a central point the outward movement always becomes bigger, much like thought – there is an origin that interests and with care or sometimes, involuntary attention it grows to become something greater.

Sooner or later there is an overflow where things become too much to handle or a form of revelation is achieved. I let this overflow out in my work – often procrastinating until I can bring something onto paper or canvas.

It’s a somewhat torturing experience keeping thoughts in, yet I feel as though I would burden my outside world if I let it out step by step. Regardless of what the best mode of wielding of thought is we always have unconscious thought that twists in spirals along with the ones we are aware of.

It is a natural and beautiful pattern that shows how things evolve over time.

At times you want situations to spiral, just not out of control. The opposite is also present in a downward spiral where the end is the central point – luckily there is one, for without it we would not get to solutions to complex problems. Naturally this pattern leads to an answer that is ever closer gotten to – seemingly inescapable.

There is also the notion of hallucination within the spiral, as often used on eyes or above the head when confused or in a trance – it reminds of circumventing a subject to a near fanatical extent and whether we want to or not, there are subjects in our lives that take this form.

The key is to cultivate what serves and to lessen what does not – thoughts naturally spiral because our minds are cyclic – so feeding the good ones and stemming the bad ones is a good practice.

Denial plays a big role in this behavioural cycle since that which we deny grows on – so do not fill your mind with distraction so that what you are avoiding eventually rises to the surface in frustration or anger.

There are many depictions of our bodies energies moving in a spiral through us into the outside world, gathering information and returning back to us in a never ending cycle. We gather from the outside and process to send out once again in a continual process.

The spiral can be playful and healing or it can be something you wish to not fall into, identify with the best aspects of the spiral and you will see the enormous potential the symbol holds for good seeds or how a complex ring will lead to a single answer.

It implies a start or an end, while instilling the reverse, which would be something never ending – yet this is purely theoretical, for there is a start and an end to everything. Mostly the space in between counts.