B Curious
Start free
Art

Where the Window Was Never the Point

Writing as the senior art, what gets made when figures are avoided, and a picture with four authors

Xie He · the girih tiles · the ukiyo-e quartet · 3 chapters · 9 min read

Writing as the senior art, what gets made when figures are avoided, and a picture with four authors.

Free to read: every chapter below is open

Three traditions

  1. 01Where Writing Was the Senior ArtOn a tradition that put the mark above the likeness.
  2. 02What Gets Made When Figures Are AvoidedOn a prohibition narrower than its reputation, and what filled the gap.
  3. 03A Picture With Four AuthorsOn four people making one picture, and nobody minding.