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variations : process symbolized by stepping stones : a meandering path toward
the ritual ceremony : some stones are small and close together and slow
one's pace and force the visitor to look downward l while others are larger
and further apart and therefore encourage one to pause along the way and
take in the scenery or engage in contemplation : the stones echo the qualities
of time : the differences in frequency that are our perceptions of time,
the differences in circumstance that we may attribute to choices we have
made along the way : variations take on the life of their own and become
an end in themselves having begun subordinate to the theme : they are now
lines and colors which are subjects in their own right, they are layers
that have obscured the original intent |