Gina Dominique’s 'Trigonometries' series was motivated by various ancient western and eastern artistic and geometric traditions. As a westerner she is most familiar with its symbolism, and within it, a point-down triangle represents a descent into the physical world and feminine energy, and a point-up triangle denotes an ascent into heaven and masculine energy. Then between 1985-2015 Dominique studied yoga with both American and Indian teachers and learned that similar interpretations of triangles also hold true within ancient eastern yogic traditions. That is, a point-down triangle signifies transformative energies embodied by Nature or Shakti, and are considered feminine energy, and a point-up triangle indicates Spirit or Consciousness, which in Sanskrit reads शिव for Śiva, or the 'experiencing Self', and indicates masculine energy.