I have never been drawn to writing. I have always felt the joy of drawing or of making things but writing does not come to me naturally. I suppose this is a bit unusual for someone with an academic career, but being in design it is fairly easy to focus on the visual and verbal.
I do however have a great love for language. I enjoy, reading, wit, conversational jousting, debate and quotations. I am fascinated by the power of language and the power it has to not only to mark our presence but to actually construct that presence and the way in which we see the world.
Now being on sabbatical and traveling in South East Asia, I think it might be time for me to rethink writing and see if I cannot at least make some observations on my travels and the design field where I have lived most of my life.....rob
Buddhist Temple (Wat Chediluang Varaviharn) Chiang Mai, Photo by Erica Ross