All over the news, pundits are covering the advance of AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, etc. Most of them bemoan this new technological incursion. The New York Time’s coverage seemed to be slightly unique. It described scenarios where college teachers are requiring students to write, by hand, paragraphs in the classroom. Teachers want verification that […]
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1Jul
2022
REAL FORMS
2022
The forms that we generate with Transparent Drawing are real forms. They are not abstract. They are not ideal. They are not actual.They are not schematic. Now, you might think that the five statements above amount to nothing more than philosophical gobbledygook. Yet, those statements are what philosophers have been arguing about since Plato. Plato argued that […]
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17May
2022
OPERATIONAL DRAWING
2022
I happened across this site, called APK Concepts, which I want to share with you. I was looking for more information on Margaret Morris’ book, Notation of Movement, and this was in the search results. What struck me was their term Operational Drawing. Operational, or the making of operations, is one of our fundamental […]
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26Apr
2022
STEINER’S FORM DRAWING
2022
Rudolph Steiner, who generated the Waldorf School in 1919, was a firm believer in what he called form drawing. As faithful readers know, these pages have advocated the drawing of holistic form since day 1. Let’s look into the broad similarities. Steiner’s concepts of form drawing were summarized in the book Form Drawing. The book […]
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14Apr
2022
TRANSPARENT DRAWING ON ARCH DAILY
2022
Arch Daily just ran a very nice piece titled Transparent Drawings, Visualizing Architecture Anew. Per many sources, Arch Daily is the most visited architecture website on the planet. I didn’t realize this but AD is a worldwide organization with offices all over. One thing that makes Arch Daily great is their inclusive […]
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25Jan
2022
ALL IN ALL IT’S JUST BRICKS IN THE WALL
2022
While reading and annotating Norberg-Schulz’s Intentions in Architecture, I wrote “all in all it’s just bricks in the wall” three times in the margins. The book was all just words piled upon words. Tortuous word assemblies which try dig to a deeper meaning about what buildings try to be. Back in 1965, if you were […]
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7Apr
2021
SURVIVAL IN THE LANDSCAPE
2021
Jay Appleton wrote, in 1975, an absolutely great meditation about how we interpret a visual landscape. He centers his thesis on what he terms Prospect-Refuge theory. -Prospect is the ability to see without being seen: this allows you to control your immediate environment: you see your prey before it sees you. This increases your chances […]
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15Feb
2021
BOOK IS SHIPPING IN THE US
2021
We made it over the finish line. Hurray! Celebrate! Wonder of Wonders! Transparent Drawing is now shipping in the US! A lifelong friend of mine first ordered the book on Amazon 23 March 2020. Almost 11 months later, the book arrived at their house yesterday. As I mentioned a few pages back, my humble thanks […]
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25Jan
2021
BOOK DELAYS
2021
I’m sorry, but I need to jump in here with a Transparent Drawing book delivery update. This is prompted by a reader who just wrote to me saying that they canceled their order with Amazon, as they were sick and tired of getting a constant string of e-mails saying that the book has been delayed […]
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