THE FOUR SPACETIMES

Drawing is a statement of time and space. To draw representationally, for example, there is a tacit acceptance that we will summarize one instant in time with a linear spatial construct.  To Draw Like a Byzantine, as another example, the time swath is wider and the space is not linear.

When we draw transparently, we are utilizing, to some degree, the spacetimes that have been defined in these pages: Representational, Egyptian, Byzantine and Cubist.   It is not as if to draw transparently, we are starting from scratch.  After all, there are accepted constructs by which we organize and transmit knowledge. And we are building on these constructs.  Yet because of transparency, we need new definitions and new understandings of the means of knowledge organization that has gone before.

This graphic might help us orient the relationships regarding the four spacetimes.   This chart provides some of the key differences that help distinguish between the four.

Note that each Spacetime, by itself,  is not transparent.  Each of these drawing mindsets assumes that the depiction, in it’s natural state,  will be opaque.  As we move into the center of the grid to combine and utilize drawing influences, our drawings become transparent.  Cubism, for example, by itself, is not transparent.  However, Cubist, if it is overlaid with a Byzantine component, becomes transparent.  These various drawing definitions cannot effectively combine without transparency.

So by starting at each pure drawing definition, we can then proceed into transparency.  In this manner, we are not flying blind.  Rather, we are proceeding with an informed mindset.  Our understanding of the four spacetimes give us a tie to history while providing a path for the future.

Oh, and always remember.  Space Is The Place.