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Thursday, January 28, 2010

USA, USA, USA


scattered marbling across the great plains, the northwest, and central florida.

compact culture


fig standout


Reich_clapping music


Steve Reich clapping music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RChacDrtLGU

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

shadow mapping



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qguk21a5qvs

knowing

the curator of the schaulager museum said something interesting about their collection:
"each painting in the collection 'knows' why it hangs here".
an interesting thought..

http://studiobanana.tv/2009/08/17/sbtv-interviews-theodora-vischer/

006_progress




006 progress.
pretty subtle yet, but trying a concave deck.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Snow cactus

Leo carillo-24jan10


Dawn patrol at Leo Carillo state beach_24jan10.
One of those mysterious and magical days when you manage to get a spot all to yourself, with good waves, offshore wind, and sunny skies.
It really doesn't happen very often (almost never actually) especially in and around LA of all places, but occasionally the planets align temporarily and you get caught in a parallel universe where time seems to stand still...but the waves keep rolling.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

architectural conspiracy


"good architecture is limited to autonomous moments..
to make good architecture is not natural, it's an exception.
it needs real collaboration.
it is a conspiracy".

david chipperfield

Friday, January 22, 2010

el duende


El duende is the spirit of evocation.
it comes from inside as physical/emotional response to music.
it is what gives you chills, makes you smile, or cry as a bodily reaction to an artistic performance that is particularly expressive. Folk music, especially Flamenco, tends to embody an authenticity that comes from a people whose culture is enriched by diaspora and hardship; vox populi, the human condition of joys and sorrows. It is thus as universal in its meaning as it is immensely personal and culturally contextual by its nature.
Federico Garcia Lorca wrote "the duende, then, is a power, not a work. It is a struggle, not a thought. The duende is not in the throat; the duende climbs up inside you, from the soles of the feet. It is not a question of ability, but of true, living style, of blood, of the most ancient culture, of spontaneous creation. Everything that has black sounds in it, has duende. All arts are capable of duende, but where it finds greatest range, naturally, is in music, dance, and spoken poetry, for these arts require a living body to interpret them, being forms that are born, die, and open their contours against an exact present."

harmonically connecting points of clarity.

self-organizing lego infill



Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

006_fuzzy foam



006 on deck.
this will be a 6'4" x 18 3/4" x 2 1/4" thumb tail.
going to experiment with bottom concave and vee on this one i think..

some great shots

by someone else of course..

waimea


peahi

Monday, January 11, 2010

nude




nude by esther de groot

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

whisper into the thunder.


whisper into the thunder.

intensely human


today i heard a phrase on the radio that made me think:
something had been described as 'intensely human'.
i found it strange, but filled with curious intention, passion, and patience.
if buildings or spaces could speak, these deep and hidden corners would share a complexity shaped/woven by the lives of each of its users.

Topanga Point from Revello Drive


can you believe this is the view from the living room of one of our client's homes?
the near point is the chart house, and just beyond is topanga point. a couple points further is first point malibu. so unfair...at least the guy surfs..

Haleiwa colors


The quality of light at the end of the day at Haleiwa beach park always amazes me. So vibrant, saturated, calm...but just around the point guys are taking off on 6 foot toilet bowl drainers. :)