{"id":5945,"date":"2022-08-29T17:14:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T16:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/?p=5945"},"modified":"2022-08-29T17:14:53","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T16:14:53","slug":"stepping-aside-occasionally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/29\/stepping-aside-occasionally\/","title":{"rendered":"Stepping Aside Occasionally."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Stepping aside occasionally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">At the end of my<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/31\/gardens-project-15-weeks-of-dithering\/\"> last post<\/a>\u00a0I highlighted a gallery of new drawings based on my explorations of lemniscates, or at least the idea of lemniscates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery_box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/gallery\/lemniscate-explorations\/\" title=\"Lemniscate Explorations\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=&quot;120&quot; height=&quot;80&quot; style=\"width:120px; height:80px; border-width: 10px; border-color:#F1F1F1;border: 10px solid #F1F1F1\" alt=\"Lemniscate Explorations\" title=\"Lemniscate Explorations\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lemniscate_exploration_k-scaled.jpg?resize=120%2C80&#038;ssl=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery_detail_box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gllr_detail_title\">Lemniscate Explorations<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gllr_detail_excerpt\">Lemniscate Explorations\r\n\r\nA series of drawings based around the idea of the lemniscate\u00a0 \u00a0 ...<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/gallery\/lemniscate-explorations\/\">See photo \u00bb<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery_detail_box -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gllr_clear\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery_box -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">I started to think about how to see a lemniscate while I&#8217;m waiting for funds to be released to make the large version of the clear resin cast that I posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/14\/gardens-project-12-first-post-in-3-months\/\">Gardens Project 12<\/a> , and thought about the idea of two circles and how they might be interfered with to suggest a continuous movement. Essentially viewing a pair of toruses such that they act as M<span style=\"font-family: Segoe UI;\">\u00f6<\/span>bius strip. <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5937\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5937\" data-attachment-id=\"5937\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/29\/stepping-aside-occasionally\/first_lemniscate_maquette\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/first_lemniscate_maquette.jpg?fit=1354%2C701&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1354,701\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"first_lemniscate_maquette\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/first_lemniscate_maquette.jpg?fit=584%2C302&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-5937 size-large\" title=\"Stepping aside occasionally.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/first_lemniscate_maquette.jpg?resize=584%2C302&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"first leminscate maquette\" width=\"584\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/first_lemniscate_maquette.jpg?resize=1024%2C530&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/first_lemniscate_maquette.jpg?resize=300%2C155&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/first_lemniscate_maquette.jpg?resize=500%2C259&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/first_lemniscate_maquette.jpg?w=1354&amp;ssl=1 1354w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/first_lemniscate_maquette.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5937\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">first leminscate maquette &#8211; paper, thread, piano wire &#8211; 42x10x23<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5943\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5943\" data-attachment-id=\"5943\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/29\/stepping-aside-occasionally\/second_lemniscate_maquette\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/second_lemniscate_maquette.jpg?fit=1388%2C693&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1388,693\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"second_lemniscate_maquette\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/second_lemniscate_maquette.jpg?fit=584%2C291&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-5943 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/second_lemniscate_maquette.jpg?resize=584%2C291&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"second leminscate maquette\" width=\"584\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/second_lemniscate_maquette.jpg?resize=1024%2C511&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/second_lemniscate_maquette.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/second_lemniscate_maquette.jpg?resize=500%2C250&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/second_lemniscate_maquette.jpg?w=1388&amp;ssl=1 1388w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/second_lemniscate_maquette.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">second leminscate maquette &#8211; paper, thread, piano wire &#8211; 42x10x23<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">I built the maquettes above to see if I could find a quick way to explore the concept through physically building rather than constant drawing or virtual modelling. I needed to step away from the virtual for a while after working intensely on the gardens project.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5936\" style=\"width: 1835px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5936\" data-attachment-id=\"5936\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/29\/stepping-aside-occasionally\/finitude_large_drawing_with_red\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/finitude_large_drawing_with_red.jpg?fit=1825%2C1310&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1825,1310\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.79&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Nokia G50&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1661353401&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.71&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.03&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"finitude_large_drawing_with_red\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/finitude_large_drawing_with_red.jpg?fit=584%2C419&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-5936 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/finitude_large_drawing_with_red.jpg?resize=584%2C419&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Finitude Large Drawing\" width=\"584\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/finitude_large_drawing_with_red.jpg?w=1825&amp;ssl=1 1825w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/finitude_large_drawing_with_red.jpg?resize=300%2C215&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/finitude_large_drawing_with_red.jpg?resize=1024%2C735&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/finitude_large_drawing_with_red.jpg?resize=1536%2C1103&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/finitude_large_drawing_with_red.jpg?resize=418%2C300&amp;ssl=1 418w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/finitude_large_drawing_with_red.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/finitude_large_drawing_with_red.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finitude Large Drawing &#8211; ink, guache, floor paint, charcoal, gesso &#8211; 100&#215;80<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">From the maquettes I made sketches and then a smaller series of drawings (most of the drawings for this project are done on Amazon delivery bags) using limited colour. The rest of the images can be seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/bws-gallery\/finitude-images\/\">here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5933\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5933\" data-attachment-id=\"5933\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/29\/stepping-aside-occasionally\/finitude_3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/finitude_3-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1538&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1538\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.79&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Nokia G50&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1661606631&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.71&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"finitude_3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/finitude_3-scaled.jpg?fit=584%2C351&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-5933 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/finitude_3.jpg?resize=584%2C351&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"finitude three drawing\" width=\"584\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/finitude_3-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C615&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/finitude_3-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/finitude_3-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C923&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/finitude_3-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1230&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/finitude_3-scaled.jpg?resize=500%2C300&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/finitude_3-scaled.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/finitude_3-scaled.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">finitude three drawing &#8211; guache, gesso, floor paint &#8211; amazon bag<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Another deviation from this was to build the torus form from comfrey leaves and observe the drying of the form over time.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 584px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-5577-1\" width=\"584\" height=\"619\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/comfrey_torus_1.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/comfrey_torus_1.mp4\">https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/comfrey_torus_1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Some sources found while I was searching for solutions to the transition between finitude and infinity. The Postmodern Peripatetic, Christopher Brinkley&#8217;s philosophy blog gives a background to infinity as a concept.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brinkley.blog\/2021\/03\/10\/infinity-finitude\/\">https:\/\/brinkley.blog\/2021\/03\/10\/infinity-finitude\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The prolight+sound (Frankfurt based entertainment technology trade fair) has a brief review of Refik Anadol&#8217;s <\/span><span style=\"color: #1a1a1a;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">exhibition \u201cTemporary Immersive Environment Experiments\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">from 2015.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/prolight-sound-blog.com\/perception-experience-finitude-infinity\/\">http:\/\/prolight-sound-blog.com\/perception-experience-finitude-infinity\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Or take a look at the very impressive website <a href=\"https:\/\/refikanadolstudio.com\/\">https:\/\/refikanadolstudio.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Park Youngjin discusses Badiou&#8217;s \u201c<\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">L<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u2019Immanence des v\u00e9rit\u00e9s<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u201d in which he rewrites Plato&#8217;s allegory of the cave suggesting that <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u201cTruths are absolute, in that the dialectic between finitude and infinity leads to the creation of the \u0153uvre endowed with an index of absoluteness.\u201d in this article in Nature from July 202. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41599-021-00864-0\">https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41599-021-00864-0<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5967\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5967\" data-attachment-id=\"5967\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/29\/stepping-aside-occasionally\/comfrey_torus_290822\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/comfrey_torus_290822-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1912&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1912\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad Air&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1661791561&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"comfrey_torus_290822\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/comfrey_torus_290822-scaled.jpg?fit=584%2C436&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-5967 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/comfrey_torus_290822.jpg?resize=584%2C436&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Stepping aside occasionally.\" width=\"584\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/comfrey_torus_290822-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C765&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/comfrey_torus_290822-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/comfrey_torus_290822-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1147&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/comfrey_torus_290822-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1530&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/comfrey_torus_290822-scaled.jpg?resize=402%2C300&amp;ssl=1 402w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/comfrey_torus_290822-scaled.jpg?resize=160%2C120&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/comfrey_torus_290822-scaled.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/comfrey_torus_290822-scaled.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5967\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">comfrey leaves and thread &#8211; 22cm dia<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">I use a trail camera in my garden and make films from the footage captured, this film is from 13<sup>th<\/sup> August when my camera fell from its stand and faced the sky capturing the movement of the trees and the sun for the whole afternoon. I&#8217;ve got a full two hours of clips assembled as a film and I made this fast forward version as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 584px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-5577-2\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Saturday_13th_August_2022_1517_short_crop_a.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Saturday_13th_August_2022_1517_short_crop_a.mp4\">https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Saturday_13th_August_2022_1517_short_crop_a.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stepping aside occasionally. At the end of my last post\u00a0I highlighted a gallery of new drawings based on my explorations of lemniscates, or at least the idea of lemniscates. 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