'Spiral Out' digital art collection. Inspired by the band Tool's song and album, Lateralus.

The song uses the spiral as a metaphor for personal growth and healing. It encourages you to ‘Spiral out….Keep Going’.

The artists use the Fibonacci sequence in a number of unique and creative ways throughout the song. The original idea was to mirror that, creating a spiral within shapes whose number of sides reflect the sequence (3, 5, 8, 13). Fun fact, a 13 sided polygon is called a tri-decagon. Another fun fact, there isn’t a single curved line in any of these drawings. The spiral is an illusion!

But as you may have noticed, there was only 4 peices of art, and 4 isnt apart of the sequence. So for the 5th version I decided to do the seven sided star, or heptagram, that the band has displayed at their shows.

The heptagram has many symbolic meanings across cultures and religions. But my favorite, and inspiration for the band using it as there symbol, is a symbol of creation. Some Native Americans tribe believe that being able to create a 7-sided star means you are one with God in creating the universe.