Meetings as aesthetic symbols

The following may be used as metaphors to explore alternative ways of understanding meetings:< [1. Abstract forms:]

Some may wish to see the gathering as energies patterned onto more abstract forms: spiral, hierarchy, network, tensegrity, mandala, matrix, torus, polyhedron, knot.[2. Symbol systems:]

Some may be attracted by seeing the interweaving energies at the gathering in terms of a particular symbol system such as astrology, the I Ching, any pantheon, etc. These could even be used to identify imbalance in the energies represented, blockages in the evolution of the event, or threshold tests and challenges.

[3. Imagery and dance:]

Such a gathering can also lend itself to comprehension as a pattern of aesthetic images, or as a dance of energies.