BtZ42 p.4 - curved spokes

[Mark Kohut]

In a book in which hunting for the S--Gerat plays a big part and in which
the closeness of letters and words
to the reality they represent....why not the density of another S allusion
(over simpler curved spokes)?
A--and, this tight S-curve shape also invokes the circular tightness of the
mandala motif to me; there are even a couple perhaps with the
yin-yang allusion---pervasive in GR.

On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 1:59 PM, Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com> wrote:

> ".the evacuees are taken in lots, by elevator — a moving wood scaffold
> open on all sides, hoisted by old tarry ropes and cast iron pulleys whose
> spokes are shaped like Ss."
>
> Image-Google "curved spokes" for variations on this mostly obsolete design
> style. Spokes that are actually S-shaped are rare; more often they are
> singly curved, forming an S on either side of the hub. Hublessly, see the
> familiar Taoist yin/yang symbol.
>
> Maybe a whisper of anticipation, too, of *Summe,* the integral sign that
> is also the shape in plan of the Mittelwerk tunnels (p. 300)?
>
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