Funny looking circle...

So funny thing, lol, when I decided to update my logo a few years back, I couldn't figure out what I wanted to change it to. Something different is all I knew. Well, I sat down again and tried the process all over, and came up with something brilliant.

Well, Cat says to me "no one will know what the circle means, but the logo suits you perfectly now..." well low and behold, she was right. I've had a few inquires already about the meaning behind the logo, so, let me take this time to explain:

"Enso"

Enso is a Japanese word meaning “circular form” and usually translated into English as “Zen circle”, or sometimes "circle of togetherness".

“Neither large nor small, neither wide nor narrow, neither good nor bad, neither transient nor eternal.”

The word refers to a hand brushed circle that has been created using one single brushstroke and in one single breath. An Enso is also sometimes referred to as the Enso Zen circle, an Enso ring, or the imperfect circle.

Simple yet complex

While at first glance, the Enso symbol appears no more than a misshaped circle, it symbolizes many

things: the beauty in imperfection, the art of letting go of expectations, the circle of life, and connection.

The Enso is a manifestation of the artist at the moment of creation and the acceptance of our innermost self. It symbolizes strength, elegance, and one-mindedness.

The Enso is a representation of our true and innermost self; its creation is said to leave the artist fully exposed at that one particular moment in time. And through lessons of the impossibility of creating the perfect circle (sans mathematical calculations), we find this much to be true: that the very imperfections and contours that otherwise prevent a perfect circle from being created are exactly what makes the Enso beautiful.... And Thus what makes us as humans with all our imperfections just as beautiful.