July 2010
which end is up
Last week I was lucky enough to be with a group using a map and a compass to determine where we were and where we were going. This was exciting, and very satisfying when we ended up where we had planned.
I love maps. I love accurate, “real” maps, and I love maps of imaginary [...]
the mountains
I will be going hiking in the Sierras this week.
Lost
David Wagoner
Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you
Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here,
And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,
Must ask permission to know it and be known.
The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,
I have made this place around you.
If you [...]
the world I want to create
I read an article this morning about Peter Buchanan-Smith who is a designer and who sells axes made in Maine that he (and his interns and employee) then hand-paints.
I have mixed feelings about the axes (irrelevant), but a phrase in the article did stick in my imagination. He said “…It was like an invitation to [...]
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