Best of Week: Revolutions

The whole theme of revolutions this week was what sparked the most interest with me. The ever moving world and circular time reminded me of the poem on the poem test (Juggler). The metaphor of the world and the universe (in Juggler) also moved in a circle or rotation. What goes up must come down, fate's wheel, it will get worse before it gets better, reincarnation, and the eternal cycle... there are so many different allusions to this circular idea. I think its a way for people to have hope that their circumstances will change. That even though they are facing down and in the mud right now, the wheel will turn and they will soon feel the warmth of the sun on their faces. A circle is a symbol of power, something unbreakable. When that circle can move though, the unbreakable stations can switch, changing and always moving as things in this world are oft to do. It reminds me that the more you have weighting you down, the harder it is to get to the top... not impossible, but difficult. All that weight will just as easily swing you back down to the bottom. I believe in a relatively active participation in ones fate... but the wheel still fits. Even if you are the one turning the wheel instead of some god, or if the things are changed by the environment and others around you, the wheel still turns. We still move from top to bottom... switching weight for flight... sun for mud.