December 2010
4 posts
“It is the pervading law of all things organic, and inorganic,
of all things...”
– Louis Sullivan, Architect. (via fuckyeahexistentialism)
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Kitchen Sink
I was peeling a carrot last night while mindfully standing erect, lower back tight and strong. The wall ahead of me reflected light from the far end of the room, and I studied the way each granular detail of paint contained its own sphere of shading, of highlight and shadow. I was peeling with a black plastic utensil carefully—even being fussy, tilting the carrot to see the shine of light...
WatchThe miniaturization effect strips the video of humanity; instead of lifeforms, we see the image in all its elements of color, light, and movement. We see this movement and we understand there is some structure behind it, an order we don’t understand. We could easily be watching insects, a crowd of ants gathered to achieve some implicit goal. We see uniformity, and thus we can now begin to...