Today is my "Ode to Layers" posting. Our physical world is abundant with all types of layers. Professor Moss brought in the book that is about the surface of objects, but an object without layers does not exist. There is of course the exterior of all substances, but an entire world lives and breathes beneath what is seen that is an essential part of the whole. There are layers within our skin, layers that construct our bodies. Layers encompass the earth, it is a buried system at work.
Layers are very important when it comes to art as well. Obvious examples of this would be a background and a foreground that establishes a sense of depth in a piece. Layers in art also offer a richness that is neglected by flat compositions. Having mentioned what an important aspect layers are in artwork, I am confused why layers are looked down upon in website design. Website design seems to be the one exception to using layers in design. The elements in web design are suppose to be thought of as all being on the same plane, existing side-by-side. This concept is very hard to succumb to, especially if you are used to using layers like I am. I long for the web to be as organic and layered as the rest of the world, and I hope I can find a way to do so.
2 comments:
Yes --and each layer offers more surface (which tends to be the location of encounter); a dig (or some other form of entry) into strata makes available more surface --layers of surface
just as in oil on water, there is the surface of oil meeting surface of air, surface of oil meeting surface of water --layers there too, but the interaction, the point of contact is at surfaces
(so it also is with layers of the body, layers of the skin itself)
And that great cross-section of skin linked to in your post exposes surfaces of each layer.
(Thanks for the yummy-looking chocolate layer cake --seeing the surface of each layer --surface not limited to a designation of on the top of course; seeing the surface of each layer made me crave it --fortunately, I have a Dove Bar handy, and biting into it --just now-- gave me access to interior surfaces of the chocolate.)
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