Abstraction means ignoring what is particular and incidental and emphasizing what is general and essential
-Pahl and Beitz, Engineering Design
This is a phrase that came out of one of my husband’s engineering handbooks. I thought it captured the essence of abstraction so well –I just had to put it up on my studio wall.
Have to run… I have a plaint to catch. I will be spending the next week in Utah shooting outdoors. Can’t wait!
*PS. This blog post was written on June 25th. But due to a technical issue on blogger, only possible to post July 1st
