On word painting, pattern languages and finding beauty
I was recently rereading Alain de Botton’s essay “On Possessing Beauty” in his book “The Art of Travel.” In the essay, de Botton talks about John Ruskin, a famous painter and drawing teacher from mid-19th century England. Ruskin was obsessed with teaching people how to draw as he saw drawing as the path towards really seeing the world.
On word painting, pattern languages and finding beauty David Gasca Dec 10, 2021 1 Share I was recently rereading Alain de Botton’s essay “On Possessing Beauty” in his book “The Art of Travel.” In the essay, de Botton talks about John Ruskin, a famous painter and drawing teacher from mid-19th century England. Ruskin was obsessed with teaching people how to draw as he saw drawing as the path towards really seeing the world. Writing from the 1850s, Ruskin was really bothered by how technology (locomotives at the time) changed how people interacted with the world: Ruskin was distressed by how seld
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