Abandoned, Painted Sewer Manhole Cover
Tag Archives: visual art
Broken Curb
No’ Can Be Hard To Hear Sometimes
Easy on the eyes, though.
The Artist Who Mistook His Subject’s Hat For A Face
Sometimes the process of blind drawing leads to epic fails. For instance, the misplacement of the man’s hat in the sketch below. I don’t remember the sequence of my pen strokes, but I did go back (in a sighted way) to re-outline the hat. I try not to shy away from fails.
Triangle Bright Spot in Flatland Night
I was thinking about the figures in Flatland. What actually determines a shape? Is it a line? A line is by itself, is infinitely thin. A shape is not defined by a line, it has an edge, a divider between inside and outside. I don’t think the residents of Flatland would confuse a bright spot […]
Arrow: Pointing Away or Toward?
Roundhouse in Flatland
Imagine the scene below squished into two dimensions. That is the world of Flatland. The manhole cover becomes a platform with the ability to swivel. Lines (or rectangles) can advance onto its surface and be rotated. If, as shown below, a rectangle is only partly on board, it can be broken apart. It’s a good […]
I’m So Confused
Usually, graffiti makes some sense: a pictograph, set of symbols, a likeness. This street graffiti probably means something to the people who are supposed to do something to the parking lot on which it is sprayed. I can’t figure it out though.
Engrossed
Circle Farm Abuts Gentle, But Ancient Arc
