Spiritual Photo Tip 14: Shape

Welcome to Spiritual Photo Tip 14 – opening new ways of seeing, understanding, and being in the world.

We live in a world of shapes: circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, hearts, diamonds, octagons, stars, etc.

Making it your mission to photograph these shapes in both man-made structures and nature is a fun project.

These shapes can be real or implied, like in the triangle found in the river current below.

Soon, you’ll see which shape calls you most often.

If you’re familiar with my paintings, you’ll no doubt know that I’m big on circles & spirals.

From massive to minuscule, we’re surrounded by circles; from the glowing orbs in the sky and the planet we live on to oranges and dew drops.

Circles are symbols of unity, cycles, wholeness, inclusion, the universe. They’re formed from the soft curves of femininity – of the womb, of creation.

And the eyes with which we witness all this beauty are themselves concentric circles – round windows to the world & to our souls.

The sacred spiral is an even more powerful symbol for me than the circle. That’s why it’s part of my logo.

Spirals are symbolic of the movement inward from Source and then outwards from the soul. They represent centering, balance, awareness, progress, evolution, expansion, and journeying.

In her book The Mystic Spiral: Journey of the Soul, author Jill Purce remarks,

“The spiral tendency within each one of us is the longing for and growth toward wholeness. Every whole is cyclic, and has a beginning, a middle, and end. It starts from a point, expands and differentiates, contracts and disappears into the point once more. Such a pattern is that of our lifetime and may well be that of our universe.”

Which shape calls you? 

Are you into squares, triangles, diamonds, stars, etc. Pay attention to what catches your attention as you walk through your day with or without a camera.

Then spend time reflecting on what that shape represents for you. There are likely clues there for your life’s journey. See how you can use this symbol to shape your life.

You can also explore my favourite symbolism website to search for more universal meanings for this shape.

Then start doodling it, photographing it, shaping it, choosing it. Have fun with it! 

It’s yet one more tool in your self-awareness to emerge more fully into all that you are.