#36 Infinity on the Shore
tiny people + deep waters
Last week, I introduced the new episode of the Podcast - a conversation about the intersection of design and regular sketching, with industrial designer Mike Daikubara. I also shared my progress on the #OneWeek100People challenge.
This week, we complete one hundred people, and look at some lines, and lines about lines.
#OneWeek100People
I finished the challenge over 4 days, even though I could have done it in a single afternoon. There were good reasons to take it slow. Although #OneWeek100People might sound like a speed-drawing challenge, it is really not. Some thoughts here on why it is not about speed, but something deeper.
Infinity on the Shore
I sat on a bench to look at the boats on False Creek. A lot of them were docked on the other side of the water at Pier 32. But there were a couple of boats anchored in the middle of the creek too, and I thought that was very interesting.
I started with drawing these two boats, and the ones docked behind, but the true subject of my drawing was yet to arrive. Art can be like that sometimes, setting up the page, and waiting with patience for a raison d’etre.
I wrote a piece on the blog about this drawing, how it happened, and how I went about making it.
As I sat there, thoughts of infinity, and time, and the universe crossed my mind. I get dangerously metaphysical when left to myself, and have been reading Carlo Rovelli’s The Order of Time. I put my thoughts together into a poem when I returned home.
This week in SneakyArt, I spotted…
… people playing volleyball in the park.
It was late afternoon, and the sun cast long shadows on the grass. The air was getting colder, but jumping around after a ball is a good way to not notice such things.
… a homeless person collecting used cans from garbage bins.
It’s an uncomfortable sight, but one we must not look away from.
… three older men in the park, in deep conversation.
I wonder what they were talking about. I walked past them later, after the page was done. They didn’t see me, but it felt like I had seen them.
… firefighters, after tackling a fire in an underground parking lot.
They used jets of water to wash down their gear and, I expect, cool down.
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Thank you for your time and attention. See you next week.