Cosmic Pattern

Stone detail

"Man's own aesthetic maybe no more than one of many manifestations of an all-pervasive aesthetic that reveals itself in the natural world."

Marguerite Yourcenar

"There is a pattern in man's logic: this pattern is the harmony of the cosmic order. "

Bela Hamvas

My Hero Anfione

Anfione, King of Thebe
Niobe
Royal Opera House London

Anfione doesn't want power any more. The vision of heaven threatens him, frightens him. He is praying to the spheres to help him to put in motion what stays and give it a harmony.