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I was fascinated by contemplating the sunlight through the 14th century rose window in the church of the Pedralbes monastery in Barcelona, which formed a circle with the borders of the floor on the pavement.
Such wonder inspired me to take these photographs for La Vanguardia's Readers' Photos with the incorporation of the shadows of female and male hands, projecting a triangle.
This image evoked in me the union of the geometric figures of the circle and the triangle, which has a particular meaning in art, representing the union of heaven and earth.
In reality, as the symbol of a circle with a triangle in the center is present since the past in different cultures and communities, it can have different interpretations.
According to Adler's theory of personality, the circle would be the personality as a whole, while the triangle would represent its three main components: the I, the you and the id. Adler believed that personality develops through the individual's effort (which he called compensation) to overcome physical weaknesses.
In sacred geometry, the circle with a triangle in the center tends to represent the union of the divine and the human, from creation to manifestation.
Alchemists have linked the circle to representing the sun or gold, while the triangle can represent fire or brimstone.
Be that as it may, it is an image that has ended up being incorporated into our popular culture, for example, in the world of design, with logos. He inspired, he inspires us and, surely, he will inspire us in the future.
