Road Actuates
Gone by
The point
Of caring
Headlights in the rain on a dark and moody afternoon.
“It’s hard to live your life in color, and tell the truth in black and white.” – Gregg Allman
Object View
Structural relations
Conceptual distance
Imaginary real
Lens optics help to define object interaction with electromagnetic energy.
“Today, the real and the imaginary are confounded in the same operational totality, and aesthetic fascination is simply everywhere.” – Jean Baudrillard
Sandpiper Serendipity
Over summer
Coastal creatures
Walk on shore
Following specific agendas, divergent species navigate the shoreline.
“Energy and motion made visible – memories arrested in space.” – Jackson Pollock
Yipes Stripes
Small pond
Horizontal shadows
Abstractulation
Walking around the Whalehead Club is always an activity pregnant with aesthetic appeal.
“Life is an abstract art, and it’s up to you to make sense of it.” – Talismanist Giebra
Maple Leaf Rag
Pianistic skills
Elite Syncopation
Musical atmosphere
Sedalia was once the home of Scott Joplin.
“When I’m dead twenty-five years, people are going to begin to recognize me.” – Scott Joplin
Accordion House
Curious angles
Not conforming
To accepted standards
Built on a diagonal and crammed into a small sliver of land adjacent to the road, this new house is something of an optical illusion.
“I would not want to be the roofer for that multi-layer house . . . that’s just a piece of architectural insanity.” – Richard Nichols
Delicious
Curved structure
Peanut butter burgers
Landmark junction
The Wheel Inn Drive-In was built in 1947 at the intersection of Highways 50 and 65 in Sedalia and closed permanently in September 2007.
“It’s something I think that Sedalia has grown with. And Wheel Inn has always been a part of Sedalia as long as I can remember.” – Judy Clark
Initial Approach
Material terms
Cognitive status
Awareness decision
Some venues elicit repeated investigations.
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” – Rachel Carson
Spatial Constraints
Angular organization
Illustrated parking
Surface correlation
Disparate elements incidentally collaborate.
“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.” – Coco Chanel
Souvenirs
Experience stimuli
Scenario combination
Emotional reaction
Urban flux extensively clear in a refined level of exterior enhancement.
“America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland.” – Tennessee Williams