Coming Full Circle

by Cheri Randolph

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Coming Full Circle

Artist

Cheri Randolph

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Photograph - Glossy Photograph

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"His way had therefore come full circle, or rather had taken the form of an ellipse or a spiral, following as ever no straight unbroken line, for the rectilinear belongs only to Geometry and not to Nature and Life." Hermann Hesse - from "The Glass Bead Game"

As I was photographing this vintage carousel in New Orleans Audubon Park Zoo one cold January morning, I began to realize how symbolic this usually active and people-filled area could be while quietly contemplated. On this weekday morning, I was the only person in attendance and could wander freely among the gaily painted and whimsical animals. The carousel came to symbolize Life's circle to me, with its ups and downs, but eventually returning to the point of beginning. For we are creatures of habit and make choices based on our life experience, with many of the events repeating, and often foreshadowed by repeating signals. Nature, too, follows this cyclical pattern. I selected a black and white color palette to emphasize the repetition that I found here.

Audubon Park is a city park located in the Uptown neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana in the United States. The park is approximately six miles to the west of the city center of New Orleans and sits on land that was purchased by the city in 1871. It is bordered on one side by the Mississippi River and on the other by St. Charles Avenue, directly across from Tulane University and Loyola University. The park is named in honor of artist and naturalist John James Audubon, who began living in New Orleans in 1821.

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February 4th, 2012

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