And other musings on Cangiante, Sfumato, and Unione
“Signs, signs, everywhere a sign.”
It’s interesting to see all the signs, particularly the one telling me “No Cash” and then to find a tip jar. I’m seeing more and more places asking for tips, even when paying by credit. In this case, this is an order window, and I’m supposed to give the tip before I’ve received the product or service at the other window.
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I stand still or move slowly, feeling things like the impulse of shapes, the direction of lines, the quality of surfaces. I frame with my eye (sometimes with my hands) as the ground glass would frame. Nothing that one could reasonably call thinking is taking place at this stage. The condition is total absorption; the decision (a picture!) is spontaneous. – Aaron Siskind, 1955