Blurring the Lines

Is it too early to be blurring the lines?

You'll see many grids interrelating in three dimensions physically and metaphysically in the image at right. If you click on it you'll see a larger version.

This is the window of a fisherman's shack in Rockport, MA. There is the grid of the window panes, also the window frame describing the window, and the grid of the screen. Notice the glass reflecting the sky - good metaphor, eh?

The first thing I notice is the way the screen seems to merge with the sky in certain areas. The screen undulates. Physically it loses it's shadow and merges with the tonality of the sky image in the glass. Metaphysically, it's the whole point of the blog - understanding how the grid and space describe our understanding of reality.

I think such allusions are everywhere, but I like this image for all the places it takes me. Let's call it "Motif No. 1".

And one other lesson about the image? If you lose your shadow, watch out!

gridsANDspaces, the idea behind this blog.

"grids AND spaces" - that's how I want the title to read. The grids are the lines; and the spaces, well, you know what they are. Don't you?

Try thinking about a one sided coin. You can't have a coin with only a front. Every coin must have a front and back.

And a grid wouldn't be a grid without the space on which it exists. Every web page is laid out on a grid system. We think about the grid when we design a web page, but the space is what's important because that's where the content you are now reading exists. Similarly, you couldn't read these words without also noticing the space (or background) on which they reside - the type and the background are unique but inseparable.

The world is complex enough without all this nonsense, right?

Well, I hope to remind us of this concept with interesting, everyday stories that will preserve your notion of sanity while reminding you that you belong to this world, just like those birds and bees who don't give it a second thought.