This statement piece will give you joy for many years as you discover something new every time you look at it. Dynamic and expressive it adds a metaphysical and moving element to your interior. 

In The Origin and the Goal of History (1949), Karl Jaspers refers to the period from about 800 BC - 200 BC as the axis of time, when the intellectual foundations of present-day humanity were laid. Significant philosophical and technical advances were made simultaneously in four independent cultural areas – China, India, Iran and the eastern Mediterranean – which had a decisive influence on subsequent civilizations. They produced categories we still think in today.