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beauty: complex simplicity

"The word resist is interestingly equivocal. It is not synonymous with words of ultimate negation like ‘dismiss’ or ‘ reject.’ Instead, it implies a measured struggle that is more tactical than strategic. Living changes us, in ways we cannot predict, for the better and the worse. One looks for principles, but we are better off if we control them, not the other way around. Principles can become tyrants, foreclosing on our ability to learn. When they do, they, too, must be resisted....

"Resist whatever seems inevitable.[...]

Resist the idea that architecture is a building[...]

Resist taking the path of least resistance.[...]

Resist people who are satisfied.[...]

Resist that feeling of utter exhaustion."

http://lebbeuswoods.wordpress.com/2009/05/09/architecture-and-resistance/

[rowan's] the·sis (thē'sĭs) 

n. pl. the·ses  (-sēz) 

1. A proposition that is maintained by argument.

2. A dissertation advancing an original point of view as a result of research, especially as a requirement for an academic degree.

3.A hypothetical proposition, especially one put forth without proof.

the nearlybooks and the unmachine

thanks ian


david maisal
history's shadow

found place

once loved up close, 

loved now in a memory. 

as nature, 

uninhibited, 

reclaims some hold,

these walls sit quiet,

but assured.

additions and attritions of time

show on every surface,

confirming some certainty,

revealing some truth.

the first butterfly of 2010?

william anastasi

[above: cesar daly drawing]






_ creation, installation, translation, recreation


_'drawing' it together... finding some resolution 

rebecca horn

campbelle and brett_shadow drawing workshop at louis blouin institute, londoni think that the work on show is the black sillouette, however, the real beauty in this image is the subtle shadows cast across the gallery wall

zine_  typically a self-published not-for-profit magazine.  Heterogeneity characterizes the zine world, which spawns diversity in format, size, scope, purpose, and periodicity (often erratic).  In my opinion, one of the best attributes of many zines is honesty.  Zines form out of passion, not profit, and so a reader often finds viewpoints and ideas not commonly found in commercial magazines.  A zine can provide refreshing purity of content in comparison with the watered-down mainstream media

"reality consists of colourless, shapeless, and formless essences”,

                                                                             

                                                             plato

in·ci·den·tal  

–adjective

1.

happening or likely to happen in an unplanned or subordinate conjunction with something else.

2.

incurred casually and in addition to the regular or main amount

3.

likely to happen or naturally appertaining (usually fol. by to).

acknowledging the incidental

"beauty demands, perhaps, the slavish imitation of what is indeterminable in things." 

adorno, g.; tiedemann, r.; hullot-kentor, r. in aesthetic theory

this work is an inquiry into the incidental: that over which we have little control, the overlooked aspects of our everyday environment.  as a architect, designer, maker-of-things, one can create a construct- physically or metaphysically, but before one even begins, the forces of the incidental, have begun to act upon it.  we may strive for eternal control, but often the most beautiful moments are those which occur unexpectedly.

aspects of the incidental

time:  the inescapable truth.  whatever we do, create, think exists within, and inevitably changes, with time.  

intuition: the duality between intuition and logic is unavoidable, but often discounted perhaps because of the unmeasurable nature of this relationship. 

accident: the unintentional and unplanned contribute further layers in the emergence of beauty.

an awareness of the incidental enriches experience and contributes to a deeper understanding of our environment and our actions upon it. overlooking these aspects leads to unstable things and ideas and paranoid control. 

a japanese sentiment:

“the most precious thing in life is uncertainty”  

Kenko (c. 1283-1350), “Essays in Idleness"