by Tim Girvin | Feb 8, 2011 | Diary
Sometimes, walking, you find things that are left by others — discrete gestures to beauty. They are not intended for all, but for the few — that might be looking. I leave things out — a stack of bones, a scrap of old paper with a mapping stroke on...
by Tim Girvin | Nov 4, 2007 | Diary
Indian Journal How beauty, full — the people. i ask you: really, what could be better than watching — and photographing, the people? There’s nothing more fascinating for me — than the people. And in India, and surely in Bhutan, there’s...
by Tim Girvin | Nov 22, 2008 | Diary
Marrakech — The realm of Islam, in beauty: In the love of God, it is permitted to celebrate this presence, but not in idolatrous sculpture-making or craven images. Therefore, the wonderment, you can find in beauty — patterning — in the making of...
by Tim Girvin | May 27, 2007 | Diary
There are characters in Japanese aesthetics that most people know to the concept of objects that are beautifully aged, the character implicit in use, authentic decay, honored “wearing out”, rustic simplicity and things that are made better, richer, and...
by Tim Girvin | Apr 7, 2008 | Diary
I’ve been exploring, studying the work of Andy Goldsworthy for a couple of decades, really. I was struck, immediately, by the work. What I found compelling was the idea of finding patterning in pattern. That is, if you see something striking in nature,...
