(Naumkeag in Stockbridge, Mass...a must-visit)
“In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.”
- Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Perhaps it is my reaction against the tight grids of modern site design, or maybe it is my love of natural forms, or possibly it is due to my being a female...but I love curves in the landscape.
I am not referring to the squiggly kind or the ill considered hose-on-the-ground variety but the sweeping curves that draws your eye around and onward.
(Red and White Border - Jan Johnsen)
The lure of the curve pulls you around to see what is on the other side.
(no Belgian Block here! - Jan Johnsen)
It makes you feel good.
(The Mastery of Gaudi - Parque Guell, Barcelona)
It even makes you stop and think twice sometimes.
(Naumkeag...)
But most of all, a curve delights and inspires
(deer resistant planting along a drive - Jan Johnsen)
and helps us to relax.....
(Johnsen Landscapes & Pools)
