book spreads-last section

section 4

(i have one more spread looking like this in between)








i'm working on a few more spreads..some transitions and final pages..and refining type.
I think i may want to change the color because they look too much like blueprint floorplan-which was not intended in first place..
i'll bring the printouts to class--

closeups

(for texts)

more spreads and

section 3

more to come
,
very soon

book spreads -draft

these are is only about half way through the whole book, which i am making in addition to building something 3d.
and i'm planning to get to the end of the book by the end of spring break.
they're also only draft so i'll have to work on them more..especially on typography + pg orders.

most of the pages will be printed on translucent papers, and some involve di-cuts
so that you can see through the previous and next pages.
(in which case the pages are not spreads, but a single-sided page)

section 1

section 2

why i think geocaching relates to my topic

as you all know..

i've been struggling for weeks
how to go about visually expressing my thesis idea-which may sound too abstract and broad.
and the geocaching sparked my imagination to build a structure for me to carry out.

i will try to incorporate the idea of "seceret" in language, using 'geocaching' as an example.

the whole goecaching experience, both for hider and seeker, springs from the idea of "chance operation" that the fluxes was interested in. no one exactly knows how, what, why the hider hides or the seeker finds, and everything pretty much happens out of random choices and chance that are beyond our understanding and language.
for example,
-reason behind the very act of choosing a particular cache to go find it,
-the process and experience of finding it,
-seeing, touching, possessing the actual thing - but after all never will be able to fully understand why, how or where the thing came from, what the thing means (to both the hider and seeker) and it remains as a mystery or "secret".




in short, this is why i think geocaching relates to my topic.

in geocaching, you are in search of a "thing"(the cache),
and the aim is to find it and possess it,
yet the "thing"(the cache) itself doesn't capture the essence of
geocaching experience as a whole.
...just as
"language is never adequate in capturing the essence of a thing in its entirety,
because the thing overflows the boundaries of language."

geocaching

Genevieve told me about this treasure-hunt thing that's happening among online community and i got really interested in it. so i became a member.

>
It's called "geocaching" and there are many resources for it online. It involves using a GPS device to find a specific spot with a certain cache in it. Typically this is something like a log book, where you write down/stamp something into it, and maybe a couple of small items that you can trade something for. Nothing of great value, for sure, but it's more for the hunt and the community of hunters than anything. Some of the items can even travel from place to place and have a way to track where they've been.
>
> To get the coordinates of where to go, you need to sign up with some geocaching community online. This is typically easy and free, though some want you to be vouched for by pre-existing members to make sure you're not just trying to take all the caches or something like that. Some also offer paid memberships with extra benefits (like plotting a trail of caches along a car route if you're going on a roadtrip or something like that).
>
> You can read more about it in general here:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocaching
> http://www.wikihow.com/Go-Geocaching
>
> And here are two large websites for geocaching:
> http://www.geocaching.com/
> http://www.terracaching.com/

language and secrets

Text from Jacques Derrida:

"then he gets to the idea of the secret. this i interpret thusly: no response is adequate--language does not allow for an adequate response so the entirety of the response is secret in that it can never be revealed in its entirety. the secret is what exceeds the response or the ability to respond. name, p. 28: passion is "in place of the secret."

i agree that secret conveys the idea that no formulation is adequate, that no testimony in words is sufficient, but remember that for derrida there is nothing but language or, as he puts it, there is nothing outside the text. that is to say, that the secret represents his understanding of the inherent limit of language even though there is no way beyond language.

the secret for derrida is different than the classical mystical traditions in that he does not believe in a transcendent being. he does not embrace the standard negative theology. for him the inherent secretive nature of language is that there is always a surplus of meaning. a writer writes but the meaning of what is written is subject to a play of interpretations."




my new thesis statement:

>>>Language is never adequate to capture the essence of a thing in its entirety,
because the thing always overflows the boundaries of language. <<<

(language including written/spoken words, gestures, visual expressions(arts,design), music etc.)