drawing and thinking with michael graves

there was a great little essay by michael graves in the sunday times this week ... in it, mr. graves visits one of my favorite themes, drawing as thinking, which i have written about myself here. it is, in many folks thinking, an integral part of the creative and communicative process. it is, if i had to pick one, the thing that enables us, as a team, to do what we do. the back and forth sketching, the doodling in our spare time ... the communicative sketch, its all part of it ...

you can click the photos above and below and read it here, but if you dont mind seeing about a thousand ads, the first link above takes you to the new york times website, where you can read it much more easily ...

mr. graves has also written other pieces on the subject, and here is a link to a nice slideshow of his drawings, with comments, that i encountered online while writing this post ... and heres another link to some of my spare time drawings that sometimes lead to new furniture designs ...

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my friends the bald faced hornets

i like these guys ... we leave them alone, (mostly) and they leave us alone and amuse us with their wonderful creations ... it seems that every year we have a nest of them somewhere, usually in an out of the choice place on the house or in the woods nearby ... i was wondering where they were this year until i spotted them last night while sitting on my back deck and looking up at the incredible blue fall sky .. hi guys ... nice spot you picked this year ... probably the best one yet ... click the photos to enlarge them ...

last year they were occasionally warmed by the outside lights

but one year they decided to do the garage door thing, which made me nervous each time i backed the convertible out with the top down. in the end, with regret now, i nuked them in early august when the buzzing got really loud ...

and here they were, high in the tree tops back in 2008 ...

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