Lately I’ve been thinking about the differences between visual language and spoken (or written) language. When ideas are transmitted veyrbally or in written form, one must process them sequentially. In painting and sketching, all the ideas (in the form of visual elements) are presented to the viewer at once. In the experiment below, I broke […]
I have been reading about the art of Paul Klee, one of my favorite visual artists. One writer notes (if I’m correct in recalling his thesis) that the visual elements in Klee’s work are ideograms (like emojis that relate abstract ideas). He also notes that the ideograms are used a visual language. What is fascinating […]
I am very interested in the concept of communication. This stems from my frustration in establishing a meaningful (to me) way to reach my brother Mike, who is autistic, profoundly retarded and nonverbal. This is one of the themes that I frequently revisit in this blog. Mental telepathy I recently read On Writing by Stephen […]
I had an idea yesterday, while watching a movie on TV. In the background, was a stylized portrait that was somewhat Picasso-like. I had just been reading about Francis Bacon (see yesterday’s blog) so I was sensitive to the power of art. I have been drawing for quite a while, but hardly ever do I […]
