Polka-dots on clothing, shoes, handbags, headbands, table coverings and more. Circles of various sizes and colors, there is a whimsical side to the simple pattern that cannot be ignored. Circles are heavenly spheres, mystical, but also joyful. One comes to mind is the large round velvety-looking head of a sunflower. Van Gogh’s sunflower paintings bring me into a field of polka-dots.
But I also think of these filled circles as gentle reminder of things. Like a soft rain or the moisture of dense fog that stings the face. The persistent and numerous presence of dots are like pixels of a photograph close up. They make me wonder whether what I’m seeing will change shape and context from a different perspective.
Could polka-dots be inspired by the rosary beads, each one a prayer? Or are they a call for perfection and conformity? Or am I taking these dots a bit too far…
All dots interesting–but you say nothing about the polka.
Is the rosary a sort of dance?
Yes, well maybe taking the dots to far … But what is wrong with that? After all I go “to far” all the time, with lots of things. As to the comment by Jack, I think we might investigate “polka prayer” “prayer dots” and “polka beads” One never knows ………………..