About Ley Lines
What are ley lines?
Ley
lines are networks of straight-line pathways linking geographical points. Typically these points are significant
features such as hilltops or mountains.
They are quite common (and still readily detectable) throughout Europe,
though they also exist in other areas of the world.
There
is some speculation as to who created these pathways and their reasons for
doing so. The origins of ley lines are definitely
pre-Roman. Scientific theory suggests they
were simply travel routes connecting various points of the ancient world. Others believe the lines connected points of
natural power in the earth (magnetic and/or spiritual). Points where many ley lines meet are
considered significant focal points for this natural power and are often the
sites of ceremonial structures such as the standing stones of England or the
pyramids of Egypt.
Regardless
of the actual origins of ley lines, they do have the power to excite the
imagination and impact the mind. In the
same way, the lines of a drawing also have power. They have the power to entertain or to embellish. They have the power to inspire or to
incite. They have the power to clarify
or to calm.
The
lines of a drawing represent a view of the world – a view filtered not by lens
or film, but by a living human mind.
That fact makes it unique and provides the artist with both a medium and
a method of sharing that view. That is
why “Ley Lines” was chosen to represent my work.
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