{"id":9227,"date":"2025-01-17T09:47:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T14:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=9227"},"modified":"2025-01-17T09:47:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T14:47:47","slug":"exploring-grids-art-and-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=9227","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Grids: Art and Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m working on a quilt that is laid out in a slightly organic looking grid. Repeated blocks of geometric designs or other kinds of units, laid out in a grid like pattern, are an enduring influence in my art dating from my brief immersion in traditional American patchwork in the late 80s. While I&#8217;m still a long way from finishing this quilt, it is the time to be thinking of a title. I&#8217;ve used the phrase &#8220;rules based disorder&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=8285\">on this blog previously<\/a>  but there may be another possibility. So far my list includes these :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>reasonable order<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>rules based disorder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>normal order<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>regular disorder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>unusual disorder &#8211; but as I think about more words (below) this list will lengthen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Exploring the concept of <strong>a grid<\/strong> that is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=8285\">so important to my view of the world<\/a>, I found these interesting words, synonyms for the general word &#8216;grid&#8217; that is either a physical structure or a linear expression of some kind.   &#8216;Grids&#8217; are all around us as points of reference, communication or guidance.   The next few interesting words include some I&#8217;d never known existed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Decussion<\/em> sounded interesting, but I&#8217;m not sure if it is relevant here &#8211; it belongs to the world of human anatomy, viewing a cross section of the spinal chord and the medulla oblongata&#8230;. but then, perhaps this sample <em>does<\/em> open a door to using it? Hmmm &#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"269\" height=\"269\" data-attachment-id=\"9228\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?attachment_id=9228\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wool-sampling-jan-13-3-blog-edited.jpg?fit=269%2C269&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"269,269\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Galaxy A54 5G&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1736785562&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.54&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0303&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wool sampling jan 13  3   blog\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wool-sampling-jan-13-3-blog-edited.jpg?fit=269%2C269&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wool-sampling-jan-13-3-blog-edited.jpg?fit=269%2C269&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wool-sampling-jan-13-3-blog-edited.jpg?resize=269%2C269&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wool-sampling-jan-13-3-blog-edited.jpg?w=269&amp;ssl=1 269w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wool-sampling-jan-13-3-blog-edited.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The word <em>Network<\/em> takes us into the whole area of connection between living things via some means of communication (of which there are now <em>so <\/em>many, and currently reading a fascinating book<em> Nexus, by Yuval Noah Harari<\/em> &#8211; so a title could well spring off my Kindle page soon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Graticule<\/em> is another nice sounding word, a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Graticule_(cartography)#:~:text=A%20graticule%20(from%20Latin%20cr%C4%81ticula,representing%20a%20constant%20coordinate%20value.\">cartographic term <\/a>  which you can google and re-google for the rest of the day and possibly still make it home in time for dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Plexus<\/em> anatomically refers to the interconnecting and branching networks of nerves and vessels in the body, but in international affairs it means an interconnecting network.  Now I know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Matrix<\/em> has wide ranging applications in physics, biology, geology, and essentially refers to an environment or material in which something develops; a surrounding medium or structure. Interesting&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Reticulum<\/em> the simplest difinition I could find is that it&#8217;s&nbsp;<em>a natural structure that resembles a net or web<\/em>, like the veins in a leaf or the network of fibers in a cell. Everywhere I looked I saw references to the second stomach of ruminant animals including cows and sheep &#8211; think <em>tripe <\/em>&#8211; and as I don&#8217;t care for tripe much, I&#8217;ll leave it right there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m working on a quilt that is laid out in a slightly organic looking grid. 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