Visible Index

Occasion arises
Objective correlatives
Variant relations

Finding interesting visual associations on an evening walk through Buck Island is satisfying.

“Thus since the seer is caught up in what he sees, it is still himself he sees: there is a fundamental narcissism of all vision.” – Maurice Merleau-Ponty

New Dimensions

Elasticity insight
Vibrational shift
Spiritual awareness

Energy impinging with structural geometry and attentive observation suddenly all collaborate most felicitously.

“Our choices determine what we experience.” – Jennifer Wardowski

Corner Topper

Cheap construction
Extra ornamentation
Project an image

I went to the Super Wings boutique to buy some cheap expendable sunglasses. Not sure why there are two such stores right across from each other, each filled with the same sort of junk.

“We had better not enjoy the moment, but create the moment.” – Ai Weiwei

Food Lion

Longstanding heritage
Convenient location
Grocery experience

Things become geometrically abstract on a trip for victuals.

“I like my freedom. I like to do my own grocery shopping.” – Joni Mitchell

Linearity

Straight lines
Way back along
Imaginary path

Fresh paint and afternoon light bring geometric relationships into visual harmony.

“Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is solid.” – Thomas Carlyle

Was Then

On watch
Whole web
Unmistakable

Reviewing old 35mm color slides of images captured in my youth, the sense of place and time remain even if the exact location of the venue is forgotten. Only partial memories can be preserved.

“Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.” – Le Corbusier

Methodically Impulsive

Arrangement conception
Saturated imagination
Individual varieties

After a passing storm, selective illumination sometimes creates a narrative bringing to life both subject content and the manner of its presentation.

“Art is a second creator of nature; it has, as it were, added another world to the former one, given it a perfection that the other in itself does not possess; and becoming united with nature, it each day creates new miracles.” – Baltasar Gracian

Hibbs & Giddings

Atmosphere attractive
Gradual revival
Brings an audience


Some heavy rain was soon over and again came the warm spring morning. Feeling comfortable lingering over restored historic integrity on a wet day.

“Old Town is really starting to renew itself.” – Ray Willis

Ordering Structure

Divine proportion
Element distribution
Arrangement allotment

Looking out from within, organization is imposed on sense awareness as an immediate subject of experience.

“Form itself, even if completely abstract … has its own inner sound.” – Wassily Kandinsky

Art Nouveau

Lavish retreat
Ornate details
Original glory

Beyond its imposing size and elongated shape, the true design triumphs are found in the many architectural details: curved roof lines and gables, copper shingles, ornamental chimneys, distinctive porches, and vivid yellow paint.

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald

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