2026.04.28
more books received (today)
Francis M. Naumann and Hector Obalk, Affectionately, Marcel: The Selected Correspondence of Marcel Duchamp ((2000) / Arturo Schwarz, The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp (1970 second revised edition)
Upon seeing the three-page foldout picture of Tu m' within The Complete Works, I was quickly reminded of the MAB paint color samples catalogues that I acquired over 40 years ago when the architecture firm I was working for dissolved. I'm beginning to envision some kind of Tu m' redux.
As there is no calendrical index of what letters Duchamp wrote on any particular day within Affectionately, Marcel, I decided to compose such a calendrical index myself.
2024.04.28
out front
My Retirement at Ury So Far 2021 - 2024
The movie/documentary Tim's Vermeer unexpectedly came up yesterday during the Q&A after Thomas Keel's "When Rich People Spend Good Money on Bad Art" lecture, and I thought more about Vermeer utilizing optical lenses last night. Vermeer was thrilled with the optical lenses the same way I was thrilled with CAD (computer-aided design) drafting. Since Vermeer could 'now' paint with incredible and heretofore unachievable accuracy, the choice of what to now paint with such incredible accuracy became the most essential aspect of his artistry. That's what makes a Vermeer.
Pretty much the first thing I chose to do after acquiring my own CAD system, April 1987, was to redraw Piranesi's Ichnographia Campus Martius.
2008.04.28
the state of drawing in education
"I still use ARRIS/CAD because I can play it like a concert piano."
a thread a this web site, 2004.11.24 11:45
Since it's wet outside, I'll be inside today. Ah, a whole day just tickling the keys.
today's inspiration (read last night):
"The third phase is distinguished from the second only because in the later period the number of partial images is increased as much as possible to create the effect of infinitely more images."
Frankl, Principles of Architectural History, p. 152.
Personally, I don't utilize drawing so much to represent, rather to explore and learn.
the state of drawing in education
tomorrow's inspiration: the message is the medium.
2001.04.28
Quaestio Abstrusa backgrounds
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