Dangling Man

A brief encounter with kitsch and folk art in an excerpt from Saul Bellow’s (wonderful) 1944 evisceration of individual dislocation in wartime Chicago ‘Dangling Man’.

Dangling Man

A brief encounter with kitsch and folk art in an excerpt from Saul Bellow’s (wonderful) 1944 evisceration of individual dislocation in wartime Chicago ‘Dangling Man’.

A Psychic's office on Parliament Street in Toronto

Psychic

The beautiful Elizabeth once introduced me to a William Carlos Williams poem called January Morning, which begins: I have discovered that most of / the beauties of travel are due to / the strange hours we keep to see them…

A Psychic's office on Parliament Street in Toronto

Psychic

The beautiful Elizabeth once introduced me to a William Carlos Williams poem called January Morning, which begins: I have discovered that most of / the beauties of travel are due to / the strange hours we keep to see them…

Thoughts on constructionism

Tito Arecchi on ‘constructionism’, from his essay ‘Chaos and Complexity’ of 1989.

Thoughts on constructionism

Tito Arecchi on ‘constructionism’, from his essay ‘Chaos and Complexity’ of 1989.

Triangles Sketch

Triangles

Thinking about triangles and tessellation, 2011.

Triangles Sketch

Triangles

Thinking about triangles and tessellation, 2011.

Vile Bodies

An excerpt from Evelyn Waugh’s ‘Vile Bodies’, circa 1930.

Vile Bodies

An excerpt from Evelyn Waugh’s ‘Vile Bodies’, circa 1930.

The join in the two Hampton Court palaces

Wren’s Addition

Hampton Court Palace is a startling example of how the decision to add to a historic building in a contemporary vernacular looks 300 years down the track.

The join in the two Hampton Court palaces

Wren’s Addition

Hampton Court Palace is a startling example of how the decision to add to a historic building in a contemporary vernacular looks 300 years down the track.

Topiary Sketch

Topiary

Sketch in Pencil/Pen, Drawn near Oxford, September 2011.

Topiary Sketch

Topiary

Sketch in Pencil/Pen, Drawn near Oxford, September 2011.

The System of Objects

Consider a nondescript, light, foldable table or a bed without legs, frame or canopy – an absolute cipher of a bed, one might say: all such objects, with their ‘pure’ outlines, no longer resemble even what they are; they have

The System of Objects

Consider a nondescript, light, foldable table or a bed without legs, frame or canopy – an absolute cipher of a bed, one might say: all such objects, with their ‘pure’ outlines, no longer resemble even what they are; they have

Capsule Sketch

Evergreen

New work in my Behance portfolio.  Photo links to the project page!

Capsule Sketch

Evergreen

New work in my Behance portfolio.  Photo links to the project page!

Le virus de la pneumanie

This week’s Lens focuses on the reactionary and the ephemeral via an excerpt from C & P Fiell’s introduction to their fantastic monograph ‘Plastic Dreams: Synthetic Visions in Design’.

Le virus de la pneumanie

This week’s Lens focuses on the reactionary and the ephemeral via an excerpt from C & P Fiell’s introduction to their fantastic monograph ‘Plastic Dreams: Synthetic Visions in Design’.