BBC – Secret of Drawing Series – Episode 4: Drawing by Design
From the BBC website:
“The Secret of Drawing
This four part series, presented by Andrew Graham-Dixon, explores how drawing has shaped our lives. Join him to discover the history of drawing and its relevance to the modern world.”
Episode 4: Drawing by Design
“Andrew explores the role drawing has played in technical design and architecture, studying complex structures such as the Guggenheim and Boeing 777. From Leonardo to Libeskind, he shows how drawing has been a crucial tool in the history of scientific and technological discovery.”
BBC – Secret of Drawing Series – Episode 3: All in the Mind
From the BBC website:
“The Secret of Drawing
This four part series, presented by Andrew Graham-Dixon, explores how drawing has shaped our lives. Join him to discover the history of drawing and its relevance to the modern world.”
Episode 3: All in the Mind
“Andrew investigates drawing as a primal human instinct and a learned discipline, looking at the earliest cave drawings and the work of David Hockney and Picasso. The programme uses the latest developments in cognitive science to examine why we draw the way we do.”
BBC – Secret of Drawing Series – Episode 2: Storylines
From the BBC website:
“The Secret of Drawing
This four part series, presented by Andrew Graham-Dixon, explores how drawing has shaped our lives. Join him to discover the history of drawing and its relevance to the modern world.”
Episode 2: Storylines
“Drawing has always been an essential tool for the telling of stories. Andrew looks at the satire of Gillray, Goya and Hogarth and its influence on photojournalism, American comics, Japanese Manga and Hollywood storyboards today.”
BBC – Secret of Drawing Series – Episode 1: The Line of Enquiry
From the BBC website:
“The Secret of Drawing
This four part series, presented by Andrew Graham-Dixon, explores how drawing has shaped our lives. Join him to discover the history of drawing and its relevance to the modern world.”
Episode 1: The Line of Enquiry
” Andrew looks at artists who have chosen the natural world as their subject matter and explores how drawing has helped man to understand his place in the universe. The programme covers the Rennaissance, the Eastern way, Turner, Constable and contemporary artists Anthony Gormley and Richard Long.”
Ya no seré Feliz
J. L. Borges
……Ya no seré feliz. Tal vez no importa.
Hay tantas otras cosas en el mundo;
un instante cualquiera es más profundo
y diverso que el mar. La vida es corta
y aunque las horas son tan largas, una
oscura maravilla nos acecha,
la muerte, ese otro mar, esa otra flecha
que nos libra del sol y de la luna
y del amor. La dicha que me diste
y me quitaste debe ser borrada;
lo que era todo tiene que ser nada.
Sólo que me queda el goce de estar triste,
esa vana costumbre que me inclina
al Sur, a cierta puerta, a cierta esquina…….
Some (visual) thoughts on Powerpoint
Over VizThink they’re asking the question: is “PowerPoint A powerful tool poorly used or a poor tool overused?”
Personally, I think Powerpoint is a great thing. Graphic power to the masses! In any case, I made a little Powerpoint presentation (but of course, what else?) with some graphics. So here it is, for whatever is worth, my “Powerpoint con monitos”.
