Crown glass
Flint glass
Achromatic doublet
This early-spring image was captured with a classic single element lens, convex on one side and concave on the other. Invented in 1804 by William Hyde Wollaston as a lens for eyeglasses, he adapted it as a camera obscura lens in 1812. Later the design was used by Niépce and Daguerre in their early photographic cameras.
“I have captured the light and arrested its flight. The sun itself shall draw my pictures.” – Louis Daguerre
Luck Kee
Hair
We are open
We are constantly in flux, resonating with our own experience of always being in the world.
“The bright colors merged into one another, and the music rose and fell.” – Joan G Robinson
Damp texture
Coolness in the air
Muted scent of decay
Phenomenology encourages us to return to the world before interpretation.
“The body is not an object among objects, nor a substance endowed with properties, but a way of being in the world.” – Mikel Dufrenne
Motorized movement
Dangerous assignments
Transcend materiality
Phenomenology seeks to understand the essence of experience through a rigorous examination of how objects and events appear to us in consciousness.
“The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.” – Lao Tzu
Space time intersect
Infinite dialogue
Utterances
A silent prompt that beckons the passerby to enter and participate in the grand conversation of humanity.
“We inhabit a world of signs…already saturated with the social and ideological voices of countless past others.” – Mikhail Bakhtin
Complex web
Vertical striations
Lived experience
By bracketing out, or suspending, our assumptions about the world, we can focus on the phenomena themselves, and how they appear to our consciousness.
“The world is the correlate of consciousness.” – Edmund Husserl
Pre-conceptual
Physical world
Projection impression
Optical elements can be arranged to bend light with precision.
“Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.” – Victor Hugo
Clear proposition
Evoke particular feelings
Ongoing nature
Experience is filtered through the imperfection of our senses and the limitations of our perception.
“An event prehends its past, both by way of feelings and by way of propositions. By feelings I mean the bare entertainment of elements. By propositions I mean the entertainment of elements together with their modes of ingression.” – Alfred North Whitehead
Advantageous lighting
Valuables offered
Sale presentation
Successful organization of clutter confusion can be satisfying.
“Anyone who isn’t confused really doesn’t understand the situation.” – Edward R. Murrow
Into the future
Organized
Geometry
Boundary nodes are fascinating points of possibility.
“We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.” – Thich Nhat Hanh