City

Across the James
Inhabited area
Founded in 1737

The river and the city are intimately intertwined.

“I love Richmond. I think growing up here had a profound influence on my music.” – Jason Becker

Urban fragments
Community agency
Adaptable capacity

The early spring sunlight at an ocean-side resort full of giant hotels offers interesting abstraction extractions.

“It’s hard to believe in coincidence, but it’s even harder to believe in anything else.” – John Green

River flow
Days too fast
Time passages

Evidence of ancient origins is found in the city’s underbelly.

“Hear the echoes and feel yourself starting to turn; don’t know why you should feel that there’s something to learn.”– Al Stewart

Object process
Redeployed adaption
Alternative use value

Things can be done to regenerate dilapidated urban areas.

“The grid is a visual structure that lies at the heart of contemporary art.” – Nessia Pope

One way
Enter only
Glazed doughnuts

A vibrant area, full of interesting juxtapositions.

“We close…… when we are fortunate enough to sell out early, so please call when coming to see us in the afternoon.” – Brandy Fertitta

Old railway trestle
Apartment building
Cloudy sky

Interesting geometrical relationships manifest in Richmond.

“Each period of a civilization creates an art that is specific in it and which we will never see reborn.” – Wassily Kandinsky

History steeped
Walking tour
Bypass the falls

In some locations, old transportation canals are transformed into recreational amenities.

“When all your efforts are channeled through a common canal for progress, no condition can alter a single sentence of your success story.” – Israelmore Ayivor

Best pawn only
Vehicles towed
Owners expense

A shadow silhouette overcomes an ominous message.

“None who enter will leave unchanged. Trespassers will be turned to stone.” – Brandon Mull

Parallel efforts
Concrete cases
Formulation articulation

Looking up at a constructed building-dialog vanishing-point horizon boundary involves eye movement divergence.

“What are the implications of the fact that convergence is so common for our understanding of causation, for a deeper understanding of reality?” – John Templeton Foundation

Bargain hunters
Thrift store
Hard times

Lines and colors through mutual oppositions function on an abstract level.

“Everything is expressed through relationship. Color can exist only through other colors, dimension through other dimensions, position through other positions that oppose them. That is why I regard relationship as the principal thing.” – Piet Mondrian