Clearly physical
Complicated interaction
Generalized extrapolation
Juggling independent ideas while building abstract hierarchies within a structural formula, a particular subjectively can broach a multiplicity of meanings.
“The function of abstraction is not to provide generality but to facilitate the assembly process and to provide a different categorization of the world than the one suggested by perceptual similarities.” – Stellan Ohlsson
Elevated views
Fields of incentive
Covered with gray
Entangled extraction on a wild walk through town.
“You go to the edge, and you always give in. On your first flash of freedom.” – Tom Petty
Mind power
Framing ideas
Abstract notions
Sand blown onto the beach boardwalk fills up the cracks and crevices while bright sunlight stripes add ambiguity. I walked over this for months before recognizing it’s aesthetic potential. Makes me think about what else I might be missing.
“By generalizing abstraction, we mentally separate one idea from its particular determinations, as when we think of a color but no particular color.” – Samuel C. Rickless
Different world
Contact knowledge
Wonderful wonderment
Abstraction builds formidable understanding.
“We adore chaos because we love to produce order.” – M.C. Escher
Theoretical elaboration
Indeterminate reference
Ambiguous delineation
Wandering through the strip-mall at dusk, abstract objects reflect off opposed surfaces.
“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” – Frances Hodgson Burnett
Ground texture
Irregular surface
Wet mud pattern
Shading and rendering found on the edge of a saltwater marsh forms an artful abstraction.
“A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.” – John Keats
Pretextual paradigm
Dialectic contexts
Objective value
With repeated exposure comes deeper appreciation. Knowledge is a matter of refined expectations.
“Many narratives concerning a self-sufficient totality may be revealed. ” – Martin Hubbard
Repeated form
Rhythm regularity
Natural distribution
Ocean wave flow patterns standout in relief with the morning angled sunshine.
“Understanding of life begins with the understanding of patterns.” – Fritjof Capra
Domain entities
Sand infrastructure
Variegated dispersion
Organizing information is an important aesthetic activity. Pure abstraction offers windows in the walls of the organization.
“Individuals are allowed to inhabit the experiences of others through their interactions with art.” – Meridith Reed
Assessing haziness
Insulated glass unit
Window seal failure
Synthesizing evidence from objects, art can be made from entirely improbable sources.
“The multi-pane glass develops condensation or fogginess that can’t be wiped off from either side of the window. The cause is a failure in the edge seal that secures the individual panes of glass.” Lee Wallender