Rectilinear forms
Vertical horizontal
Underlying structure
An abstraction extracted as an expression relating to present life.
“Mondrian and other modernists wanted to move painting beyond naturalistic depiction to focus instead on the material properties of paint and its unique ability to express ideas abstractly using formal elements such as line and color.” – Stephanie Chadwick
Coleman bridge
Double-swing-span
Unique building techniques
Bridges are interesting from all angles.
“The two center swing spans are 500 foot long cantilevered trusses, while the remaining portions are plate girder spans varying in height from 27 to 40 feet. The substructure contains six river piers, the longest of which is 100 ft. deep, that are founded on hollow caissons which spread loads across the soft marl of the riverbed.” – Scott M. Kozel
Decoy duck
Carved from wood
Accurately painted
These objects are now considered genuine vintage valuables.
“Every time a duck talks to you, it says, ‘Quack.’ That’s a species so advanced it has reduced the complexity of communication down to a one-word language.” – Jarod Kintz
Particular mood
Emanates consistency
Affective correspondence
An abstraction of randomness actualized over time.
“Nature almost surely operates by combining chance with necessity, randomness with determinism.” – Eric Chaisson
Raw bar
Fresh seafood
Local favorite
The atmosphere is what you want and expect.
“Most seafoods should be simply threatened with heat and then celebrated with joy.” – Jeff Smith
Multifarious actualization
Appearance condition
Sense expression
The swamp engenders an expressivist appreciation of action and agency.
“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.” – Martha Graham
Translucent
Precious boundary
Lustrous interface
A fine example of a store-window surface-light complex.
“The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.” – Salvador Dali
Get involved
Right in your
Own backyard
Although herons spend 80% of their time hunting for food, occasionally they will chill-out.
“For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.” – Wendell Berry
Oxygenated water
Hunting instincts
Concentration
An ancient species is long of this world.
“Schedule? I have no schedule. There is no hurry. I work when I want to.” – Gil Scott-Heron
Physical notion
Applied mathematics
Reconstruction
A complex layering of geometrical relationships.
“You don’t see something until you have the right metaphor to let you perceive it.” – James Gleick