The Villa Stein by Le Corbusier. Actually, the complete name of the piece is Villa Stein-de-Monzie, or “Les Terrasses.” This is of course in every architectural history book that addresses modernism. Type Villa Stein into Google Images and you will see photographs, models, drawings and all the rest. The challenge for me as I made […]
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21Dec
2017
MICHANGELO AT THE MET
2017
We saw the Michangelo drawing show at the MET. Turns out, he did not draw transparently. No surprise, really, given that he was the pinnacle of the Renaissance. The show forcefully demonstrates the seductive power of representation. You come away from the show saying, ok, I get it. If you can get that much representational […]
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18Dec
2017
DIGITAL INTEGRATION
2017
Can an analogue drawing be part of a digital workflow? Is an analogue drawing that becomes part of a digital workflow, still analogue? Do we need a new term that defines an analogue drawing within this digital workspace? Does the binary of analogue or digital still apply within this working method? These pages preach analogue, […]
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14Dec
2017
DOUBT
2017
“…there must be doubt as long as one does not understand or see clearly. To get rid of doubt one has to see clearly.” P. 3. Rahula, Walpole Sri. What the Buddha Taught. Grove Press. New York. 1959.
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11Dec
2017
REPRESENTATION AND MEANING
2017
Buddhist theory or practice tells us that at the root of things, forms are empty. That is to say, as one proceeds toward enlightenment, we work to separate the meaning, or content, from form. Two words commonly used in this tradition to describe meaning are narrative and story. (Wright. pp 142-152) As an example of […]
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7Dec
2017
BROKEN SECRETS
2017
Selfridges department store in Birmingham, England, is iconic. The building is softly undulating. The facade is comprised of aluminum discs that reflect the ambient light. I ran across this article in The Birmingham Daily Mail, which states: “It is even something of a tourist attraction in its own right, with Tripadvisor reviewers hailing it as […]
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4Dec
2017
HEIZER TRANSPARENCY
2017
I ran across a series of etchings by Michael Heizer. When I first saw them, my thought was, well, this is at least moving toward transparency. There is an overlapping of shapes. And it is as if the shapes were asking to be turned into forms. When shapes ask to be turned into forms, that’s […]
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