The trains in Morocco are great. They run on time. They are clean and frequent. As with any train ride, you get to see a unique slice of the landscape. The buildings that go by the train window can be amazing. With a bit of preparation, you can snap photos of those cool structures to […]
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28Jun
2017
I DO THIS
2017
I really appreciate Rand writing the following to me on Linkedin: “Do you do this by looking at the elevations-or by modeling it in sketchup and doing a sketch over on a light table? It very nice concept-but why are you doing it? I thought you were bringing back trace-able onion skin drawings with multiple […]
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26Jun
2017
MANUAL CRAFT
2017
The analogue drawing, is a piece of manual craft. “…the drawing arts become manifest through manual craft – that they inherently posses a basis in artisanship- even when they allow us to see nonesistent or incorporeal realities, ideas, or phantasams.”p34. When we think of craft, we think of labor intensive. We think of a manual […]
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23Jun
2017
QUOTIENT SUMMARY
2017
This page provides a summary of the quotients that have been established so far in these pages. PROVENANCE QUOTIENT – This value quantifies the origins of our designs. The more original the provenance, the higher the PQ. If Pinterest was used to find an interesting image which was then copied, the PQ is low. If, […]
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21Jun
2017
CHILD’S VIEW
2017
As humans, we first understand the world without words. “Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.” There is nothing like a John Berger quote to get the blood flowing. The one above is from his book, Ways of Seeing. Berger continues: “But there is another sense in which seeing […]
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19Jun
2017
VOLUBILIS VISITOR’S CENTER
2017
The visitor’s center at Volubilis, Moroco, is very good. It is always interesting to be presented with a visitor’s center when traveling. Of course, visitor’s centers are built at popular tourist destinations. These centers are typically built at popular historic sites. One of their uses, of course, is to present the background and contextural information […]
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16Jun
2017
100% HUMAN
2017
At Transparent Drawing, the only drawing that has value is one that is produced analogue. If the graphic is not 100% analogue, you can’t call it a drawing. See ANALOGUE DRAWING. And the only design method that has value is one that is produced analogue. TD provides the means and methods with which to […]
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14Jun
2017
FRANCIS BACON 2
2017
Francis Bacon: “Tell me, who today has been able to record anything that comes across to us as a fact without causing deep injury to the image?” Sebastian Smee, on page 54 of The Art of Rivalry, attributes the above quote to Bacon. Bacon’s eloquent statement addresses things that are critical to Transparent Drawing. They […]
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12Jun
2017
STONE OBSESSION
2017
I suddenly became obsessed with stones. Standing stones, to be exact. In the Volubilis site in Morocco. As I was walking thru the ruins, I suddenly became fascinated with large stones that were still standing as part of the original structures. Most of the stones were near what used to be doorways. They might have […]
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9Jun
2017
DESIGN PROVENANCE
2017
Where does the true value of a design lie? What constitutes the cultural value of a design? It is the Design Provenance. Provenance. That’s the best word I can come up with that quantifies the origin of our design solutions. The more unique the provenance, the greater value of the design. The more unique the […]
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