Object shapes
Consciously constructed
Spiritually endow matter
Non-formalists hold that there are some things inherently true. Yet one essential truth recognizes that anything that exists embodies some kind of shape, structure, or form. Of course these are only terms and insufficiently summarize matters.
“Art is all that which has arisen out of a need for shape.” – August Zamoyski
Follow the course
For some distance
Endless movement
Exposure to an extensive energy boundary at the beach discloses grandeur, supporting relaxed exhilaration and contentment. Enveloped by incisive nature, the sea promotes a favorable reassuring disposition.
“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Exchanging beauty
Progressing gestures
Loose ends
Reflected sunlight dances across the urban prairie. Mapping particular contours, the visual consequences of sublime illumination operate on the human margins of constructed suburbia.
“The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.” – Jackson Pollock
Resistant to disclosure
Expressively moving
Reverberating beyond
Things come and go expeditiously, supporting incremental change. Right now everything leads to the perfect moment of unfolding.
“You can’t stop the future, you can’t rewind the past, the only way to learn the secret……is to press play.” – Jay Asher
Details and layers
Sense of mystery
Destiny journey
For Aristotle, nature means the creative force, or productive principle, of the universe. From this position he defines poetic imitation as an act of imaginative creation, where source material from the phenomenal world is made into something new by an artist.
“I am the sky the ocean, one dream survives forever, on through the air, like the rays of the sun.” – Pamela Copus
Primacy of vision
Internal tension
Compounding description
Capturing the essence of things is part of an exploratory existence. The significance of an essence is constructed in association. A dissolution of meaning accompanies the fixation on any isolated point of focus.
“The energy of the mind is the essence of life.” – Aristotle
Synchronized social
Hydrodynamic efficiency
Foraging success
A school of fish choreograph near and in the countertop, adding to the ambitious woodwork, etched glass, mirrors, and lighting embellishment.
“Alive without breath, As cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail never clinking.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
Partial personal
Passionate vision
Cumulative effect
The aesthetic frame of mind contemplates nature for inspiration and comprehension that eclipses surface manifestation. In this way an objective existence relates to a subjective understanding.
“We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry and lifeless science, or sink into that of sensation. Between these extremes is the equator of life, of thought, of spirit, of poetry.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sublime preceding
Spiritual influence
Underlying reality
Things can be finite in extent but still not have an edge. There are earthly experiences that indicate an infinite universe.
“We are not separated from spirit, we are in it.” – Plotinus
Repetitive currents
Alternate possibilities
Intense focus
By expressing more than is known, the aesthetic response is not merely habitual. Refinement depends on the challenge of novelty.
“The most notable distinction between living and inanimate things is that the former maintain themselves by renewal.” – John Dewey