SPACETIME ANALYSIS – 2
It has been awhile since we did a Spacetime Analysis. So I thought it would be fun to take a drawing that I like to see what sort of spacetime knowledge can be learned. ...
Tagged: THE FOUR SPACETIMES
FOUNDATION OF MINDFULNESS
I really like the way Buddhist thought applies to Transparent Drawing. In the Seven Factors of Awakening, Buddhism has primary goals of integration, holism, complete understanding, renunciation of petty facets of the real world,...
REPRESENTATIONAL SPACETIME
I need this page to clearly state how Representational Spacetime is defined in Transparent Drawing. Representational Spacetime is one of the Four Spacetimes, and I realized that I don’t have a page specifically addressing...
PLATO’S PREDICTION
The linear perspective was invented by the Greeks. Simultaneously, illusionist depiction had it’s first critic, Plato. In a previous page, Plato On Perspective, we took a first look at Plato’s objection to representational drawing....
SPACETIME ANALYSIS 1
A few pages ago, we introduced The Four Spacetimes as a way of understanding how Transparent Drawing fits into the history of Western Culture. So let’s apply The Four Spacetimes to the drawing...
THE FOUR SPACETIMES
Drawing is a statement of time and space. To draw representationally, for example, there is a tacit acceptance that we will summarize one instant in time with a linear spatial construct. To Draw Like...
DEPICTACTION
Let’s attack another binary, representation (or depiction) vs abstraction. The representation / abstraction binary has informed our thinking in these pages since the beginning. This was first broached on the page LETTER TO HELEN....
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BUILDING IN THE WORLD 1
We were hungry for lunch. Trip Advisor said there was an interesting spot not too far from where we were. After making our way thru the streets of Lisbon, a small courtyard opened before...
CHUANG-TSU AND THE CRAB
We heard the story of Picasso and the Chicken. We closed that page with the proviso that we didn’t know if it was true or not. So I wanted to record a similar version...
CREATIVE DETAIL
We need to share details of our creative methods and processes. A couple of pages ago, I lamented that we don’t share any of the creative details of how we are inspired. For example,...
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