I like social media better than I used to. Because of the interesting discussion that has sprung up on a small corner of LinkedIn, as I mentioned earlier, I am starting to see a cause and effect. It is absolutely great that we share this passion for the analogue drawing and that social media can […]
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24Feb
2015
THE CHAPEL OF ST. IGNATIOUS
2015
We visited Vancouver and Seattle last week. We absolutely love to hit a city and then immediately start exploring it. And many times we don’t have a specific itinerary of places to visit and things to see. I can be very happy just walking thru new streets with new views and objects to look at. […]
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17Feb
2015
MATHEMATICAL DESIGN
2015
Mathematics provides an interesting reflection on some of our favorite themes; knowledge, learning, abstraction, etc. Mathematics’ principal function is to problem solve. We use math if we need to know the area of a circle, or if we want to know if we have enough money to buy a desired trinket. The basic model of […]
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12Feb
2015
ELEMENTAL SHAPES
2015
The square. The circle. The sphere. All are what we call elemental shapes, or elemental building blocks. Yet the primacy of these shapes and forms is merely our cultural construct. We are attracted to these shapes given that they can be established with the fewest amount of lines. So our cultural thinking goes like this; […]
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10Feb
2015
LINKEDIN CONVERSATION
2015
There have been some interesting thoughts on Linkedin regarding hand drawing, computer drawing, analytical drawing, and others who have thoughts on this topic. I think that you can see the conversation whether you have a Linkedin account or not. The conversation is part of the Architecture Teachers group. I seem to have started this conversation. […]
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9Feb
2015
THE FOURTH DIMENSION
2015
To this point, we have concerned ourselves with drawing in three dimensions. We have discussed some of the limitations of the linear renaissance perspective system. And believe it or not, another limitation of the conventional three dimensional drawing is that it does afford the possibility of drawing in the fourth dimension. Now of course, nobody […]
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6Feb
2015
APPROXIMATIONS
2015
Ideas require mental images. If you don’t have the former, you don’t have the latter. But what are these ideas in our mind? How exact are they? How real are they? They are best described as models. Models, as we know are not the whole ball of wax. Models are mere simplified approximations. A model […]
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3Feb
2015
DRAWING TO SAVE THE WORLD
2015
We have shown that thinking requires mental images. Images contain thought and visual facts. Therefore our drawings are hugely important. They are a testament to a logical and rigorous construction. If we consider that some of our thoughts are facts. And we cannot think without images. Then certainly our drawings are more factual than any […]
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