Age of leveling
Abstract uniformity
Stark skyscraper
The city may evoke feelings of angst and alienation, but it also serves as a reminder of the power of the subjective.
“Abstract thought…is like a spider that spins its own web and is then entangled in its own product.” – Soren Kierkegaard
Rather active
External stimuli
Meaning construction
We must acknowledge the reality of the illusion, while still recognizing that it is not the same as the thing itself.
“The truth of the matter is that our three dimensions are only a way of looking at things.” – Edwin Abbott
Sand drift
Dune grass
Physics interaction
Jockey’s Ridge State Park includes the tallest active sand dune system in the eastern United States.
“The senses are the beginning of knowledge. For the soul knows nothing naturally except through the senses.” – Thomas Aquinas
Intentional beings
Capable of having
Subjective experiences
The starfish, with its radial symmetry and lack of a centralized nervous system, may not perceive the world in the same way that we do.
“The other is not another closed ego-monad, but an alter ego constituted in my own ego.” – Edmund Husserl
Front corner
Diverse materials
Reduce shock
Some images are best rendered as inverted tonality.
“A Good artist has less time than ideas.” – Martin Kippenberger
Fragmented ethereal
Tower transform
Fluidity experience
The clock tower stands as a symbol of measured, linear time, while the distorted reflection suggests a more fluid, subjective experience of temporality.
“The world is not what I think, but what I live through.” – Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Towards rock and shadow
Shifting sand
Co-constituted
By considering the rock and the sand as objects of our consciousness, and by considering the relationships between them, we can gain a deeper understanding of the nature of consciousness itself.
“We do not simply receive the rock and the sand as they are. We actively interpret them, based on our own past experiences and expectations.” – Edmund Husserl
Illuminated apse
Material essence
Sensible qualities
Not mere rubber forms but potential sources of joy and delight.
“”No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.” – Aristotle
Seascape vastness
Perception canvas
Ever-changing nature
Our experience of the world is shaped by our interactions with it.
“Nature is not a spectacle; it is a world in which we are engaged. It is a world that speaks to us, that questions us, that challenges us.” – Mikel Dufrenne