Stacked Glass
Rare interval
Transcendent range
Construct of things
Sometimes creative effort overcomes the limitations of physical definition.
“Might we begin then to transform our passing illuminations into abiding light?” – Huston Smith
Notwithstanding
Opened-ended
Sans judgment
Hip to the real
An organized system of randomness.
“That nothing is ultimately right or wrong, just an experience.” – Charlie Freak
Engramatic Complex
Specific problems
Successive theories
Throughout continuity
Even frozen facial expressions convey implicit meaning.
“Few realize how loud their expressions really are. Be kind with what you wordlessly say.” – Richelle E. Goodrich
Statues of Limitation
Particular relationships
Bound by space
Occupying time
Shadow casting dominates the scene, as a group of garden statues find refuge in a parking lot.
“Inanimate objects sometimes appear endowed with a strange power of sight. A statue notices, a tower watches, the face of an edifice contemplates.” – Victor Hugo
Across Water
Constant motion
Morning prime
Edge appearance
There is a visceral feeling of connection to existence during an ocean sunrise.
“Sunrise – you can watch it, you can breathe it, you hear it, you can touch it, you can taste it, and you can feel it.”– Louis de Port
Distance Range
Quarry pond
Depth of field
Experimentation
An abandoned granite quarry on Belle Isle is now a 19-foot-deep reflecting pond.
“When these workers inadvertently opened a crack in the stone leading to the river, the quarry began to fill with water faster than it could be pumped out.”– Ben Swenson
Top of Fender
Indicate intention
Turn direction
Signal gesticulation
Think small.
“All told, more than 23 million Beetle vehicles were sold worldwide.” – Volkswagen of America
Peerless
Wide mouth
Milk bottles
Home delivery
Farm to bottle: it’s more than a motto.
“In the 1950s, glass was becoming too hard to manage and keep up with. It made the crates heavy, there were a lot of damages when transporting the bottles to and from home deliveries, and the quality factor of making sure they were properly cleaned before re-using became too much of a problem.”Charlie Turner –
Rear Window
Dimensional form
Physically present
Considerations
Sometimes the design process is occupied with acknowledging obscure ideas outside the field of practicality.
“What is created under the pressure of inspiration must ultimately be subjected to an inspection and possibly be aesthetically improved.” – P. A.Brandt
Cyclicality
Early spring
Natural variation
Ephemerals emerge
The meadow flora reacts to warmer weather and increased daylight.
“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.” – Rainer Maria Rilke