In The Mystic Spiral, Jill Purce likens time itself to the spiral— a symbol that denotes the flow of energy, growth, motion, and universality. She writes, “…the world materializes and man spiritualizes.”  

What systems do we use to place ourselves within the spiral of time and place? How do these systems expand or limit one’s experience of the world? 

3.5 billion years ago, cyanobacteria evolved from inorganic matter, and through the process of photosynthesis, began producing the oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere. The spiral is inherent to the very metabolic functions of human life. This process, known as respiration, is a gaseous exchange between exterior and interior worlds. To breathe, in its multiple forms, is to merge the body with space. “Spira” is Latin for coil.