Years ago I bought three silver/gray wreaths for the house during holiday season. After that, I decided I liked them enough to want to keep looking at them, so I found a gray planter that seemed in the same color realm, piled them largest to smallest in it, and stuck it among some grasses and hydrangeas.
Why does this curious little item pack a certain aesthetic/symbolic punch? Why does it draw the eye?
Best I can do: Aside from the symmetry (tapered wreaths; tapered container) and the bird-nesty, kinetic feel of the wreaths as they deteriorate and put out a mess of needles, and the texture thing (rough/smooth), there is, I guess, the anthropomorphic nature of the thing. Piled up hair/turban, on a human face?
June 11th, 2025 at 3:36PM
Looks like a popular emoji
June 11th, 2025 at 8:00PM
Hadn’t thought of that.
June 13th, 2025 at 11:22AM
I’d rather visualize a soft-serve dip top cone!
June 13th, 2025 at 11:43AM
https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g52702-d841452-i453504684-Twirly_Top-Gardners_Pennsylvania.html
I see what you mean!