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The Celtic Art Coracle
Volume 1 Issue 2 page 20
SYMBOLISM OF THE DOT GRID Aidan
Meehan |
In looking for meaning in Celtic art, one good place to
start is the meaning of the dot grid. To make a pattern, you first need
to lay out a grid.
A rectangular or square
grid, is the basis of most repeat patterns.
The square grid results from a series of horizontal lines
across a series of verticals, a sort of weaving, a net cast to pin down the dots.
Though the mathematical point is
beyond dimension, yet it defines and forms the lines, intersections and areas of the grid.
All these elements are created in the act of drawing the grid.
The grid may be used as a symbol of the fabric of the
Universe, because the act of drawing a grid can become a meditation on the birth of
the universe, a symbolic re-enactment of the birth of the universe. An empty page,
for instance, before the first point or
line is drawn, may be considered as a symbol of the state of the universe before time
began, full of potential.
Fig. 21: one, two three, four dots.
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Fig 21a: one dot |
Fig 21b: two dot |
Fig 21c: three dots |
fig 21d: four dots |
| Artwork Copyright © Aidan Meehan 1983 |
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