Hirshhorn

Willem de Kooning; Woman 1965

      An image. Hung in a well lit room. There are many reproductions. Of the original there is only one. The artist spent months, years, or maybe hours to physically make the piece. A lifetime to conceive it. It beckoned him to place his brush upon the canvas. When he did make pass at it, there were moments of pure pleasure and others of great pain. Maybe more of one than the other. As frustrating as it was he sought to see his way through. The proof is in the paint.

this is flat

Frutta Fresca

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paradox blocks

These blocks, or some like it, may have been many young children's first explorations in design. This is essentially a box of triangles, with only six colors. A far cry from the design tools I use today. Yet even with its limitations one can imagine infinite possibilities.

A paradox; something so basic with limitless iterations.

scenic overlook

Swiss design school

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