Formal Qualities
Singular ability
Ordinary transform
Resonant quality
Companionable, geometrical, and spiritual, all imbue a warm presence.
“Give me matter, and I will construct a world out of it!” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Imperatives Play
Prudence point
Considerable role
Hypothetical judgment
Energy dances in space interacting with matter over time.
“Give me matter, and I will construct a world out of it!” – Immanuel Kant
Intentionally Plunge
Execute a dive
Precipitous drop
Water headfirst
Pelicans diving into the ocean accelerate fast from as high as 60 feet above the surface.
“Diving is a leap of faith plus gravity.” – Gabrielle Zevin
In Physics
Quantitative property
Transferred to a body
Converted in form
Working with secular highlights in a creative frame of mind, putting wave motion in motion.
“Curiosity has its own reason for existence.” – Albert Einstein
Vertical Immanence
Relational perspective
Geologic forces
Material progress
Wonderment advances to greater heights.
“I went into geology because I like being outdoors, and because everybody in geology seemed, well, they all seemed like free spirits or renegades or something. You know, climbing mountains and hiking deserts and stuff.” – Kathy B. Steele
Something Coming
Long run
On track
About this place
Refining an aesthetic experience takes time and dedication.
“You belong somewhere you feel free.” – Tom Petty
Junct’n Square
Deep dish pizza
Beer & wine
Carry out
The cast shadows from the hanging light fixtures add a nice graphical touch.
“Ideas are like pizza dough, made to be tossed around.” – Anna Quindlen
Ought to Be
Operating purpose
Invested significance
Projected upwards
The morphologic is a crucial concept that informs aesthetics.
“Philosophy apprehends and arranges what ‘is’ from the viewpoint of what ought to be.” – Peter Critchley
Glimmering Vast
Eternal note
Murmuring responses
Free as waves
The ocean never grows tired. Stare it down and nourish what comes near you.
“Heading out this morning into the sun, Riding on the diamond waves, little darlin’ one.” – Ann Wilson
Organic Materials
Natural latex
Crab fragment
Beach action
One task of metaphysics is to carve reality into categories, while an associated task of aesthetics is to arrange reality into interesting objects.
“The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real.” – Lucian Freud