Blogpost 1

As I walked around campus on Friday the 21st a deep sense of oneness with my environment came over me. I started to realize how big of an impact it has on the way that we live our lives and what things we find subconscious meaning in. To begin with, the significance that a circle represents is seen all around us. It marks ritualistic, important, and many other places of meaning. Circles are found all around campus. One of which I witnessed was in the entrance to the EUC. The entire entrance has a circular form, and in the very center there is a moderately sized circle with rays protruding from it, evenly spaced around. When groups of people meet in this area it is only natural that they would migrate to that very center point due to its presence that it has in the room.

Groups are another thing that I found there to be a significant amount of on campus. Most of these were found in the forms of columns. One in particular that has a powerful stance were the columns found outside of the Ferguson building. These columns mark the pathway between Ferguson and the School of Education, and because there is great repetition of them, they have more of an impact on the environment. They are seen as more important. This is true not only with these columns, but with anything that is repeated numerous times in nature. As it occurs more the significance of it grows and changes it from something meaningless into something worth attention and praise.

Lastly, we have stacks. Stacking has been seen around since ancient times and has always been a successful way of giving something presence and meaning. For example, the pyramids in Ancient Egypt. The higher they were stacked the more important they were seen as. This remains true today. On UNCG campus, the library is the highest stacked building. Its stacks can be seen all throughout campus. The sheer mass of these stacks gives it a strong presence from almost anywhere. Although they do not take the form of a pyramid they still give that same feel and this remains true for stacks all around the world.