Dom Sylvester Houdard was a Benedictine Monk in Britain who was immersed in the avant-garde, beatnik art culture of the 1960s. A skilled theologian, he was on an intense quest for spiritual and contemplative awareness in his life. One of the ways he dove into his faith was by the concrete poetry art form. Concrete poetry not only focuses on the intricate combinations of words and syntax, but also on the graphical space of the words on the page. This concept harkens back to my previous post of Marshall McLuhan: The medium is the message.
Read MoreHello, World! A New Season and Site is Born.
Welcome to my new site! In case you're new to my world, my name is Lydia. I am a recent graduate with a Master's degree in Technical Writing. Since graduating, I've noticed I have many sites, portfolios, and blogs sprawled about the internet sphere, and a greater number of ideas sprawled throughout my brain. In college, I majored in technical writing, took classes in art, photography, and design, and also converted to the Catholic Church. Due to that, I have sites that pertain to writing, photography, and a big blog site dedicated to whatever suites my fancy. Now that I've had time to look back at my mish-mash of content, thoughts, papers, photos, and drawings, I figured it would be a good idea to place everything i've done in one concise, organized site.
So...what about the blog?
I've dedicated a lot of time over the years discussing my life as a college Catholic convert over on my page tiberswimmer.wordpress.com. It's been fun to practice the rhythm of blogging. Because it was first go at blogging, there really wasn't a consistent theme throughout my posts. I will still write on the blog from time to time, but I want to begin blogging about a particular theme. This blog will investigate all of my ideas about everything I'm fascinated about:
-tech writing (specifically, information design, information flow, usability design, writing in general),
-graphic design (color theory, contrast, typefaces, etc.)
-photography
-theology
But wait, there's more!
Not only will I be discussing about these topics and my observations of them in my daily life, but I'm going to find investigate how these topics are all connected to each other. How does the structure of scripture affect how we perceive it? How do people perceive certain aspects of design in churches? This is what I will be discussing. I want to look at how art, design, and writing affect what I see around me every day. I hope you stay along for the ride.