my studio

a pseudo-stereoscopic shot of my desk (which creates the illusion of 3 dimensions)



this is my studio, which is also my room.

My Reality, Experience 1

Exploration #26 "Becoming Leonard Cohen"
Sketch or document things that you use in your daily routine.
*Musician Leonard Cohen does this regularly as a form of meditative practice.

I photographed and sketched items from my daily routine. The photograph is an almost perfect imitation of each item, while the sketch is a perceived representation. I made them into cards, with the sketch on one side and the photo on the other.

I read essays 2 and 79 by Michael Beirut. Throughout these essays I wrote down statements that stood out to me. Essay 2 made some interesting points about how designers should be informed about things other than design. Essay 79 made a connection with me, Michael talked about joining a health club and using the treadmill, a machine designed to simulate jogging. He eventually fell and switched back to the gravel path. He stated "It was undesigned, at least not by human beings. Maybe some things should be left that way."

Later on, in my History of Documentaries class, another connection was made. We were studying Plato's cave allegory. In it, there are shadows being projected onto a wall. There are prisoners who are watching the wall, and they perceive it to be reality, just like the sketches I had done earlier. Representations of each item. I did not really expect to make a connection to my sketches in a liberal arts class, it sort of proved Beirut's point in essay 2, that having knowledge in all types of areas informs your own design.

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experience 1.0

my first exploration will be #26. it will begin tomorrow, and will be documented by sketch and photo.