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My name is John Charles Ricker. I am an artist, writer, speaker, and thinker who lives in Minneapolis.

This blog will evolve as I explore this medium of expression, but I expect it will always contain my photography and art. Some of the art will be straightforward, but over half of it will play with one's perception.

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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor

 

Title: Interfered Spiral The genesis of this image was a spiral that I was unsatisfied with—it  was much less symmetrical than I wanted it to be. I almost started over, but I hesitated. In that moment of hesitation I saw a use for this spiral that was completely unexpected.  I started to cross it with curved lines that I bounced off the lines that made up the spiral. The lines were not allowed to bounce off of the same line twice in a row. After drawing these lines, I started to fill them with straight lines that conflicted with the curves that bore them. I spontaneously added rules about the orientation of the lines and how they interacted with other fields. The end result is a figure that is a conflict between the straight and the curved lines. Materials: Two hours of my time. Felt tip pen on Bristol board.

Title: Interfered Spiral

The genesis of this image was a spiral that I was unsatisfied with—it  was much less symmetrical than I wanted it to be. I almost started over, but I hesitated. In that moment of hesitation I saw a use for this spiral that was completely unexpected. 

I started to cross it with curved lines that I bounced off the lines that made up the spiral. The lines were not allowed to bounce off of the same line twice in a row. After drawing these lines, I started to fill them with straight lines that conflicted with the curves that bore them.

I spontaneously added rules about the orientation of the lines and how they interacted with other fields. The end result is a figure that is a conflict between the straight and the curved lines.

Materials: Two hours of my time. Felt tip pen on Bristol board.

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