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Water flow can leave a trace of its previous activity in the earth (Example 1). Artists find themselves behaving like the earth, observing, capturing and responding to the experience of materials in contact with water. Waterborne or water-buried the relationship … Continued
Interruptions attract attention. InterrRuptions like this extra “R” here compel attention. We anticipate a flow pattern. When it is interrupted we pay heed. But, to interrupt a flow pattern you first must make one. Example 1 is from Philip Ball’s … Continued
Gathering to shape and design buildings, monuments and towns begins with Gobekli Tepe in Turkey 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. The early monuments were 12 meter tall T-shaped totems. If we fast-forward to the present we still see this as … Continued
According to Professor Adrian Bejan’s book, Design in Nature, a scientific treatise on flow states he observes “The configuration of a flow system is not a peripheral feature. It is the defining feature”. Flow determines the shape of a system … Continued
All forms of life recognize patterns as prompts for sexual arousal, for eating, for fleeing, for fighting. Most mammals rely on patterns delivered through smell, hearing or vision. We are most dependent on recognizing the patterns accessed by vision. We … Continued
Transparent water gives the mysterious feeling of looking through a window with mirror-like qualities. If you look directly down into shallow water you can see through to objects on the stream or pond bed. As you raise your eyes reflections … Continued