Teaching Resilience and Regeneration
George Elvin George Elvin

Teaching Resilience and Regeneration

Every class is an opportunity to explore new ways of making buildings more resilient to the effects of climate change and more regenerative in sharing the clean energy they produce.

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A New Begining
George Elvin George Elvin

A New Begining

Time lapse of 32 square feet of my studio wall becoming a very large drawing.

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What the Drawing Wants to Be
George Elvin George Elvin

What the Drawing Wants to Be

“The painter should not paint what he sees, but what will be seen.”

- Paul Klee

That sounds to me like a Zen koan to me.

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Artistic Expression and Viewer Experience
George Elvin George Elvin

Artistic Expression and Viewer Experience

I want to help people make the most of their time on this precious planet. Experience of nature is one of the best ways to make the most of our time and find joy here during our stay.

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Moments of Presence
George Elvin George Elvin

Moments of Presence

Do we really experience moments of presence where conceptual thinking is not interfering with our experience of that moment?

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Edinburgh’s Hidden Ecosystem
George Elvin George Elvin

Edinburgh’s Hidden Ecosystem

Welcome to my field notes from an experiment in Edinburgh, Scotland. I was there to test a new method of ecosystem analysis I’d come up with, and I reprint my unedited field notes here.

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Over the Ridge
George Elvin George Elvin

Over the Ridge

When I was 16, a friend and I went to Canada and spent a week exploring the deep woods of Jacques-Cartier National Park. What I saw there was both heartbreaking and inspiring.

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