Crop Circles: Alien Communication or Farmers with Too Much Free Time

For my assignment I have chosen to write about the intriguing aspects of crop circles discussed on the website http://www.circlemakers.org/. I chose this website because it takes interesting approach towards an old myth. The website gives a glimpse at how older legends are being revised into a newer era.

The website utilizes a unique design that is consistent throughout the site. The designs are blueprint oriented with repetitive circular shapes arranged in several patterns to give the illusion of a detailed investigation of the phenomena. The text complements the designs by reflecting the same color, print, and structure. The size and position of the text blocks are disproportional to the artwork (i.e. the designs cover more of the site than the text). The color is simplistic borrowing a blueprint layout throughout the site except for the external pictures of supposed “circles” and related material. Each page is entirely the same except for a minuscule text box that changes per subject. The design itself is adequate at first but it rapidly loses appeal due to its repetitious nature.

Crop circles had never really interested me until I realized how wide-spread these strange events were. Some use them promotionally, some for entertainment, and others still believe that they are actual forms of alien communication. I hope to gain a better understanding of the phenomena through my research of this interesting subject.