Wooden Flower

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Contemporary Pasifika carved artwork catches the sun on a building exterior in Auckland yesterday.

An enclosed flower at the centre of the design ,lines radiating outwards.

Abstract symbols that spoke to me yesterday of gratitude and hope.

That may or may not be what was intended  by the carver.

Beauty in the eye of the beholder ,and so forth.

In the same way ,the power of symbols lies in simple representations, over which we overlay the complex realities of our own lives.

Condensed  and visible symbols help us more easily make sense of our world.

If you could express who you are ,or maybe just the day you are having, as a symbol, what would it be?