Mindshapes and Handscapes, #1.

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Gestures Towards the Subject of Design 3. Gestures as Agents of Change: Four Remarks 4. From Landscape to Handscape 5. Discussion: Mimetic Awareness and Meaning 6. Conclusion The essay that follows will be published in four installments; this installment, the first, contains section 1. But you can also download … [continue reading]

A Sixth Thesis on the Nature of Real Philosophy: Autobiographical Beginnings.

“Diogenes,” by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1860) This essay is the third installment in a series; here are the two earlier installments: (Paans, 2017). Paans, O. “Five Theses About Real Philosophy, #1.” Against Professional Philosophy. 8 May. Available online at URL = <https://againstprofphil.org/2017/05/08/five-theses-on-real-philosophy-part-1/>. (Paans, 2020). Paans, O. “Five Theses About Real Philosophy, #2.” Against Profssional Philosophy. 15 … [continue reading]

Opening Up the Space of Drawing: Lines and the Locus of Creation in Architectural Design, #6.

“Architectural sketches” (Author, 2022) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction: Opening Up the Space of Drawing Again 2. Structure and Argument 3. The Representational Paradigm: Three Basic Assumptions About Drawing by Hand 4. Entering the Space of Drawing: The Performative Paradigm 4.1 From neutral surface to inhabited topos 4.2. From traces to situated figurations 4.3. From … [continue reading]

Opening Up the Space of Drawing: Lines and the Locus of Creation in Architectural Design, #5.

“Architectural sketches” (Author, 2022) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction: Opening Up the Space of Drawing Again 2. Structure and Argument 3. The Representational Paradigm: Three Basic Assumptions About Drawing by Hand 4. Entering the Space of Drawing: The Performative Paradigm 4.1 From neutral surface to inhabited topos 4.2. From traces to situated figurations 4.3. From … [continue reading]

Opening Up the Space of Drawing: Lines and the Locus of Creation in Architectural Design, #4.

“Architectural sketches” (Author, 2022) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction: Opening Up the Space of Drawing Again 2. Structure and Argument 3. The Representational Paradigm: Three Basic Assumptions About Drawing by Hand 4. Entering the Space of Drawing: The Performative Paradigm 4.1 From neutral surface to inhabited topos 4.2. From traces to situated figurations 4.3. From … [continue reading]

Opening Up the Space of Drawing: Lines and the Locus of Creation in Architectural Design, #3.

“Architectural sketches” (Author, 2022) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction: Opening Up the Space of Drawing Again 2. Structure and Argument 3. The Representational Paradigm: Three Basic Assumptions About Drawing by Hand 4. Entering the Space of Drawing: The Performative Paradigm 4.1 From neutral surface to inhabited topos 4.2. From traces to situated figurations 4.3. From … [continue reading]

Opening Up the Space of Drawing: Lines and the Locus of Creation in Architectural Design, #2.

“Architectural sketches” (Author, 2022) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction: Opening Up the Space of Drawing Again 2. Structure and Argument 3. The Representational Paradigm: Three Basic Assumptions About Drawing by Hand 4. Entering the Space of Drawing: The Performative Paradigm 4.1 From neutral surface to inhabited topos 4.2. From traces to situated figurations 4.3. From … [continue reading]

Opening Up the Space of Drawing: Lines and the Locus of Creation in Architectural Design, #1.

“Architectural sketches” (Author, 2022) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction: Opening Up the Space of Drawing Again 2. Structure and Argument 3. The Representational Paradigm: Three Basic Assumptions About Drawing by Hand 4. Entering the Space of Drawing: The Performative Paradigm 4.1 From neutral surface to inhabited topos 4.2. From traces to situated figurations 4.3. From … [continue reading]