This group of works, The ten largest, was a part of the larger series entitled Paintings for the Temple, and were intended to depict the evolution of a human mind, from childhood to youth to adulthood to old age. af Klint created these paintings on directives given by the High Masters (important and powerful Theosophical spirits), who dictated that each enormous painting was to be created over four days, a feat which she only managed with the help of two other members of The Five. As was the case for all of her works, she felt as though she was being led by powerful forces that would guide her hand; she had no idea what the paintings were supposed to depict, only what they meant. And while af Klint's work is heavily rooted in the spiritual, she also had a great love for science, a fascination which emerges in the floral geometries that she uses in her work, as unconscious as they may be. As you look at this piece and the piece on the next page, do you see the joy of childhood and the wisdom of adulthood? Do you see playfulness giving way to responsibility? Do you see remnants of childhood carrying over into adulthood? Or do you see something else entirely?