{"id":969,"date":"2019-06-11T19:57:50","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T19:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/masonimageblog.com\/?p=969"},"modified":"2019-06-11T19:57:52","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T19:57:52","slug":"preferred-shapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masonimageblog.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/11\/preferred-shapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Preferred Shapes"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"945\" height=\"1200\" data-attachment-id=\"970\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/masonimageblog.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/11\/preferred-shapes\/image-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Image-1.jpg?fit=945%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"945,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Preferred Shapes\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Random wood boxes and the shadows they create&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Wooden boxes cast long shadows in the SF Apple Store&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Image-1.jpg?fit=768%2C976&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Image-1.jpg?fit=768%2C976\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-970\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Image-1.jpg?w=945&amp;ssl=1 945w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Image-1.jpg?resize=118%2C150&amp;ssl=1 118w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Image-1.jpg?resize=236%2C300&amp;ssl=1 236w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Image-1.jpg?resize=768%2C975&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Image-1.jpg?resize=806%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 806w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Image-1.jpg?resize=76%2C96&amp;ssl=1 76w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I find myself doodling on a long call or boring meeting the resulting \u201cunconscious art\u201d is often a cluster of squares and rectangles. Matching and overlapping shapes of different sizes, but always the same two forms. I have always been drawn to those contours for some reason. Seeing a variant of that in any material has the same effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wood boxes strewn around a community seating area was a natural draw. The harsh afternoon light pouring into a grand southern window casting long deep shadows across the architecture like a sieve being pulled through the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I look for them instinctively. Windows and doors. Bridges or buildings. Each a variation of the same thing placed along my path as I move throughout the day. On a yellow legal pad with a phone pressed against my ear or across the way silhouetted against the city landscape. 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