Observation
Close observation of a single subject, whether it is as tiny as Pasteur’s microbes or as great as Einstein’s universe, is the kind of work that happens less and less these days. Glued to computer and TV screens, we have forgotten how to look at the natura
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More intrigued by the human element are Martin Wilner, Renato Umali, and Masayoshi Nakano, each of whom has kept daily recordings of various aspects of urban existence. Wilner draws his fellow New York subway passengers, while Nakano’s daily walks through Tokyo are a means for connecting with history. Umali has tracked his life since adolescence and, as is probably true of all these journal keepers, is heartened by the ebb and flow of the natural cycles he encounters. Life offers a myriad of patterns, but our eyes must be open to see them.
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Maira M a Kalman’s Kalman Ka m n s days d y are a e filled fi ed with w h visual visual-information v s a information i f r a i n gathering gathering. g t e ng As A she h once n e ttold l a magazine, ma a i e “I was a out u walking w k n the h dear e r dog g and a d I saw aw five ve hundred un r d t i g that things h t made m d me m want wan to t make ma e art. art.” a t She h finds nd beauty b u y in n simple m l items i em the t e r s of rest o uss are a blind l n to: t : the h long o g ice ice-cream c -cream r am spoon spoon, po n square square-toed s ua e toed o d shoes shoes, s o tea pots pots. p . Her H e journals j u n l provide p ov e a glimpse g mp e of o what wh t itt must m s be e like i e to o rove r v the h world wo d with wi h s ch visual such i u l perspicuity. sp u t When W e crowds r wd at a a museum u um gawk aw att a famous am u paintpaint an iing, ing g Kalman Ka m n sketches s e c e the h guard guard. u r Presented r s n ed with w h tea tea, t a she sh draws d aw the h tray tray’s ta s ccontents n en before e o e eating e g a morsel. mo e To o replenish p s her e visual su diet, i Kalman K l an travels r v l frequently. f e u n l Recent e n trips t p have a b n to been o India India, d a Israel Israel, s a l Japan Japan, J p Russia Russia, u s a and an France France. F an e In one on journal journal, j u n l she s e recorded r c r e ssome me of o the t e items t ms bought b u h on n recent r c n excursions: ex u n “The h odd d fez, e string, t n book, b o c a r vase, chair, v s , pairr of o shoes, s o s pair pa of another n t e shoes, h e , a bag, ag another a o h r bag, b g different df n bag, a tumbleweed b bag b ew e from om Texas Texas, T x s a ball b of o twine twine, tw n a doll doll’s o ’s outfit o fi from f m Tennessee Tennessee, e ne s e a polka-dot p l a d t ball, l a polka-dot p ka plate, l t a model od house, o s several s v r sets e s of pillowcases, p l wc s s a flute, fl t , a clock, l c a lemon lemon-yellow mo -yellow e ow silk s k chaise, a e a stack s a k of o magazines, ma a i e , shampoo, ham o c nd i n r (leave conditioner l a e in n and a d wash wa h out) out), o t a relish r l h spoon spoon, s o a Queen u en Mary M r mug mug, m g phopho ph ttoss of o Russian R n dogs…” d g And An that’s h t only n y half a f the h list. s W e h r traveling Whether r v n abroad b o d or o by by subway u ay via i her he home h me in n the t e West We t Village, V ag Ka m n makes Kalman
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