Although afraid of heights, I'm fascinated by them. I can't handle heights but mostly I can't handle being in really high, open spaces. My hands get a tingly feeling just thinking about it. So why, I imagine you're asking, would I consider creating a post that may well turn my knees to mush. Well, I'm fascinated, too: enough to have a "tower, spire" board! I know, I know!
Firstly, there are beautiful spires in nature. How can anyone consider climbing to the top of one of these? I'll just appreciate it all sitting on the floor, thank you, while my hands sweat and my tummy churns. (I'll be sitting on the ground because my knees would not hold me.)
Oddly, however, I can fly and have been perfectly content in a gondola over the Mississippi River. I need to feel closed in, safe. Put me on the Batman ride with its chest bar locked down, I'll go again and again. Put me on a high, open hill, I'm going to get very nervous. Climb these? No way!
Architects have been inspired by nature in their design of spires, art, and high-rise buildings.
One of the beauties of spires is that they were used in castle architecture since the Middle Ages--some of which still stand--yet they are timeless enough to be used even today.
I didn't find a huge number of quilts inspired by spires, but they also appear in other art, so I thought I'd mix in a nice variety of quilts and other visual art. The quilts in this collection are in my "heart, quilts" board.
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