These disks were created for a solo show of Dora De Larios’ work in 2000 at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in Los Angeles. One of the disks was also included in a 2018 retrospective exhibition of the artist at the Main Museum in downtown Los Angeles. De Larios was always drawn to the complete and strong simplicity of the circle as a form. She retold the story over and over again about her travels to Mexico City when she was very young (around 6 or 7) where she saw the giant Aztec stone calendar at the National Museum of Anthropology. She said when she saw it “I realized I was part of it, and it was part of me.” It affected her in a profoundly deep way, she knew at that moment she was an artist, connected to the past and the earth. The circle as a form was imprinted on her from that experience in Mexico. Dora had a keen eye for form from a design standpoint and repeatedly expressed love for circle as a complete form. It represented unity, the circle of life and completeness to her. This artwork complements the artwork in the lobby of the library, also by De Larios and created when the library first opened in 1978. The acquisition of the disks in 2018 commemorates the refurbishment and reopening of the library as well as the passing of Dora De Larios, a gifted and beloved Los Angeles County artist.