Meditations on Geometries of Water: Summer Lake (opens in new tab)

he interplay of irregular, natural shapes and regular, human-imposed geometries reveals our values, desires, and priorities as expressed in how we manipulate the land. Water, left to its own devices, creates ever-changing curving shapes and forms. While humans, in order to maximize efficiency, create straight dikes and canals as well as the perfect circles you see in center-pivot irrigation. The juxtaposition of these shapes can be visually striking. Meditations on Geometries of Water: Summer...