CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 3/1/2019

Celebrate Women's History Month with 'Louise Bourgeois: Spiral'

"The spiral is an attempt at controlling the chaos. It has two directions. Where do you place yourself, at the periphery or at the vortex? Beginning at the outside is the fear of losing control; the winding in is a tightening, a retreating, a compacting to the point of disappearance. Beginning at the center is affirmation, the move outward is a representation of giving, and giving up control; of trust, positive energy, of life itself. Spirals—which way to turn—represent the fragility in an open space. Fear makes the world go round." —Louise Bourgeois, Spiral. Featured photograph, of Bourgeois in 1978, is by Carollee Pelos.