Dar al Islam mosque, Abiquiu (New Mexico) The White Place, Abiquiu Rancho de Taos Santa Fe in February: White light. Radiant. Ubiquitous. Outside. Inside. Writ large. Writ small. Bowls in sunlight, Santa Fe (Jill Fineberg’s home) Stonecutters’ glass, Abiquiu Beard of a mask (at Jill’s) Last Friday night was the opening of my solo show […]
Perception
Mind and Eye
If the body had been easier to understand, nobody would have thought that we had a mind. Richard Rorty, from Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature What a provocative quote from the philosophical giant himself, and one that I have been pondering all day after spending some time on Mind Lab, a beautifully constructed site […]
Focused vs Peripheral Vision
Packing material in my studio which confounds the eye depending on which way you look at it. Focus vs peripheral sight at play… I’ve referenced one of my greatest recent finds several times on this blog—The Eyes of the Skin by architect Juhani Pallasmaa. I’ve been rereading this slim volume and can’t not share just […]
Reflectivity
An article about mirrors appeared in the New York Times two weeks ago, and its contents have continued to nag my mind. (An excerpt is on Slow Painting if you don’t want to read the whole piece.) There are a number of threads in this piece that would be worth some time to delve into […]