Circle or Spiral

I'm reminded of a line from one of Dylan's (Etchingham, but named after both Bob and Thomas) songs, "Life is a circle, nothing more," though sometimes I'm inclined to view life as more of a spiral. The eerie centrality and the multiple and simlutaneous meanings and incarnations of which in the Japanese film, Uzumaki (translated Spiral or Vortex and of course, based on a manga), are places I keep going back to also. Interestingly, I also just discovered that a popular children's character (of manga and anime) from Japan who also has an audience here bears the last name Uzumaki. Coincidence? I think not. Suggestive? Important? I think so.

Like Wayne, I am interested in the labyrinth and its stories and accoutrements. To begin with, I am named after Ariadne (of Theseus, the minotaur, and the labyrinth fame). I was even noticing spiral motifs in Pan's Labyrinth which put me in mind of Uzumaki.

There is something deliciously disconcerting about the spiral, for in a 3-D form, it can traverse the same territory as before but in a different time or at a different speed, or only partially. It evokes movement even more vividly for me than does a circle. And while it can repeat itself, it can also go in unpredictable and uncontrollable directions, much like life. A circle is comforting, while a spiral is frightening, unnerving.

If I were to list my areas of intrigue at this moment which might propel themselves into a paper topic(s), I might come up with something like this:
memories, fictional dreams, spiral/circle/vortex/labyrinth