It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end. -Ernest Hemingway
My Fascinating Journey into the World of ARCHITECTURE1O1 Part I
FROM NOTHINGNESS TO PLACE
ABADIR Academy
Sonia Roychowdhury www.instagram.com/sonianrc Thanks to: Stefano Mirti, Annie-Sophie Gauvin, Petronela Nita Lola, Design1o1 & Architecture1o1 community
PART I
What I’ve Learned…… #EducateYoureye
Week 1
Learned to stare, pry, listen eavesdrop…… Taking Pictures
#RelativeSizeOfThings
#ThingsWithNoName
#TvWithoutSignal #50000YearsAgo
”When I paint it is music to me…….without any sound …” Painting creates music in your mind….and brings rhythm to your brushstrokes….
#MusicWithoutSound
Week 2
It was fun Learning to sketch Upside down,negative spaces, by memory, blindfolded, by feeling Using different applications #SomePeopleTheyKnowThings
The mind is everything. What you think you become (Buddha) #QuestionWithoutAnswer
#DayTimeNightTime
#PlayItByTrust
#Doorsofperception
Week3 Learning to make collages ……. this was a new activity for me and had lots of fun using picollage #RomanceInManyDimensions
These are collages of the way I am, The way I feel and myself In the place I am at “ The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing”. ( Issac Asimov) #InsideNoOutside
#StealingThingsIs
“ You’ve got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.” ( Ray Bradbury)
#BrianEnoSays
Week 4
I never knew that the Weather could be observed in so many ways……. Looking at the sky using Kaleidoscope, Rendering the Sun, Moon,Rain & a time lapse of the clouds ….. #ExcuseMeWhile
#MySunMachine
#VoyageDansLaLune
#SomePeopleWalk
#MyBusinessIs Lapseit link: http://instagram. com/p/y89LWIKCzE/
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. (Buddha)
Week 5 Shaping Diagrams helped me to map my mind and try to understand the chaos in it…..
#YourMindWill
“Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.” William S. Burroughs
“In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first.”
Jimi Hendrix
…..This led to understand the balance between my mind, body and place
#YouGottaHave
#IfYouStartToThink
#BeSureYou
Part 2 What I’ve learnt from others‌..
Some of the images I liked
MY SPECIAL PLACES …..
PART 3
#OnesDestination
MY PLACE “ What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well” (Antoine de St-Exupery’s Little Prince)
A digital collage representing the place I am at .... surrounded by nature, my paintings and spirituality, they make my space into my place.
#WhatMakesTheDesert
MY PLACE
This week I learned to see my place from different views- as a line,, Geometrical shapes, an island, Sea and finally between the stars Week 6(Drawing Maps)
#ALineIsADot
#HumanBehaviourFlows
“A dot is a line that went for a walk.” (Paul Klee) Everything starts with a DOT
MY PLACE
This image signifies the place where I live
The red heart signifies my home where my heart is. The symbols in blue are zodiac symbols of my family and friends ( living in other buildings within the complex of 8 buildings)and me.
#ThisWorldIs