This is what i was referring to in my introductory paragraph at the start of the blog. I visited this exhibition by artist Tomas Saraceno which combines art with science and explores the similarities between the formation of a spider's web and the formation of the universe. It's not only a fascinating subject to study, but to stand amongst the magnified giant replica of the spider's web is a bewitching experience. i was eerily captivated to stand in the installment, surrounded by a mass of accurately placed knots and interlocking strings. I was engulfed by the beauty of the structure, by the space cut through delicately with the black lines reflecting the instinctive intelligence of a little spider. His drawings and planning work are as beautiful, all thin complicated webs of black lines. To think of the parallels between the formation of galaxies and the spinning of a web for me is a reminder of the intelligence and power of nature. It reminds me to respect the humble spider and his instinctive behaviour, his sense of where the moon is and collaboration with gravity, which he utilises to create this perfectly, considerately formed structure for survival. A poetic thought it is to imagine the earth nestled in a universe of giant spiders webs.
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