Reading SHAPES our minds

by KAREN L FRENCH

My passion is symbolism, particularly geometry. Over 20 years of in depth research across numerous subject areas has resulted in an accumulation of dozens of books! Books in quantity are very heavy and the growing piles in my loft needed to come down before the ceiling collapsed. These piles remained, plus those already on my shelves, after two boxes of 'not so noteworthy texts' headed to the charity shop. 

It was like greeting old friends to see them all once more. Several are enticing me back into their pages. Can I remember everything...certainly not! But, it brought home to me how our minds and perspectives are fashioned by the information and knowledge we allow in. The more we read, the broader the scope of subjects, of opposing opinions not just those supporting our view, the more we open our minds.

Our universe is a vast place of incredible complexity and diversity that we are only scratch at the surface of in our understanding. My own journey has lead me down numerous paths of investigation as I mined for information. In my books my intention is to provide readers with accessible insights into a fascinating arena by distilling information and opening doors into areas they might want to delve into more.

With this in mind to encourage more reading and to support fellow authors I am posting a Recommended Read every week on my own BLOG, Instagram - KarenLFrenchSymbolism and Facebook.  

​Happy reading!

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Recommended Reads​...so far

Man and His Symbols by Carl G Jung

A classic must read for anyone wanting to appreciate the importance of symbolism in our lives and its profound role.

Covers a wide range of subjects, most significantly archetypes and the common consciousness.

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Crystal and Dragon: A Cosmic Two Step by David Wade

This goes into pattern sharing in depth! Fascinating. A great supplement to my The Hidden geometry of Life since I summarise pattern sharing in two chapters.

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Square, Circle, Triangle by Bruno Munari

An excellent book called Square, Circle, Triangle by the acclaimed giant in 20th Century design, Bruno Munari (1907 - 1998).  A hugely prolific talent. He provides plenty of extra examples of these three simple, fundamental shapes in different cultures and applications (games, design, architecture, sculpting...).