urban geology

Charles Dilworth, architect@STUDIOS. Gravel by Ma Nature

Here is a building context I simply had not foreseen when making the schematic illustrations for this project! Construction of the transit center in downtown SF has accelerated a depositional environment at the foot of the (75% complete and holding) Foundry Square. In geologic time, it won't be long before the materials of 1st and Howard will in fact become part of an alluvial fan.

struck

I like the way it feels while switching from plan to elevation to perspective to photograph; measuring units, rotating models, erasing chalk and applying color. A most serene state arrives via drawing. My brother had a stroke about a month ago. As in many stroke victims, the left carotid artery was compromised, and he lost some ability to find and pronounce words, along with other functions normally governed by the left brain. Many art students are aware of Betty Edwards' exercises. Temple Grandin and Jill Bolte Taylor also have stories to make us aware of the gifts of those whose brains use a different hierarchy. My brother has been ambidextrous since childhood, a hands-on problem solver, a crazy talker, god-respecting and a musician to boot. He's infamous for making folks guess what tune he's tapping out on the table. It's a comfort to think there are many unusual paths trod thru the grass of his brain that will come in handy during recovery. He and his ilk may yet rule the planet.

vanishing point in the sky

At the factory or in the mountains, how great it feels to get one's line-of-sight directed heavenward.

enduring British influence

Still seeing Turner everywhere. Even with Ray Charles singing America the Beautiful.

spring fever

Something came up with a project that was illustrated last fall. I pulled up the images and the hills were all golden brown. None of that! They're green now.