To create thoughtful design through Art and Architecture that makes our community and our environment a better place to live.
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| From Nature Photography |
I hiked up into Easter Creek and found this log covered in fine ice crystals. Cold air was trapped down in the bottom of the canyon creating rime on the surface of the log. I like how the curve of the log helps to develop the composition of the photo. I also like how delicate the rime crystals are.
~Tad
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| From Nature Photography |
This is a photo that I took of an old stump that has been eroded by the elements. It resembles an aerial photograph of a landscape far below. I love how the different grains of wood almost look like taffy being swirled together.
~Tad
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| From Nature Photography |
I hiked up near Thorn Creek and found these pockets in the dirt that were collecting pine needles next to an old mine. There were also a lot of small round rocks that had been left over from the mining days. To me the pockets resembled a little nest so I built up one of the pockets with more pine needles and placed three of the round rocks into the nest. I photographed it just as the sun was setting and casting a low orange light onto the nest.
Enjoy!
~Tad
Tim Prentice does some amazing installations. I ran across an installation in Coeur D' Alene that was done in 2007. Of his installations my favorites are "Biplane" and "Yellow Zinger".
As many of you know my Mom, Deb Jones Yensen, has been attending BSU to achieve her Master of Fine Arts. I am extremely proud of her for overcoming the daunting task of going back to school and completing the amount of work it takes to achieve such a goal.
This first piece is a collaborative work which she and five other artists produced after reading an article on what it takes to feed our world. My Mom produced the engraving of the cow. Below is a quote from her.
"I engraved the cow. We had to read an article about feeding the world; the article stated that most grain and corn is used to feed cattle, for people to eat, instead of feeding people the grain and corn."
This second piece is a part of the Oregon Ink Spot exchange project and is entitled "crocus".
The work she produces is very close to nature and has a lot of empathy and sensitivity. I am excited to see what she will produce next. Keep up the great work Mom!
~Tad
I have been researching "illusions" that can have an impact on a pilot's perception and actions and/or reactions. The idea is to gain a better understanding of the "illusions" and the effects they have on the mind and to mitigate symtoms such as "empty field myopia". I first became interested in these "illusions" while studying under professor Bill Bowler at the University of Idaho. Bill introduced me to some of the art pieces and installations dealing with light and space by James Turrell.
Listen to the commentary at the end of the video below in which the woman says, "When you really start to look, then you start to lose yourself....and that's when it becomes very...disorienting." It then shows the woman bumping into the solid matter, "Whoa".
The empty field is similar to the effect of flying into a cloud or into a dark night sky with no references in IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) conditions. Without a horizon or other objects to relate to, the pilot can easily lose directional control of the aircraft and end up in a spiral dive with the feeling that they are still traveling straight and level (if not paying attention to their instruments). The centripital force of the spinning motion can be misinterpereted giving the pilot the sensation that the airplane is traveling straight and level, when in "reality" the aircraft may be in a spiral towards the ground. As the woman in the video says above. "Whoa". Click the link below to see what a spiral dive looks like from inside the cockpit with external references in VFR (Visual Flight Rules) conditions.
From inside the cockpit:
From outside the cockpit:
