Overview

A collection of drawings revealing life in an ordinary English street during the COVID-19 pandemic. This book presents more than two hundred observational drawings that were created every day by artist Nicole Porter as she looked out the window onto her ordinary English street in extraordinary times: the COVID-19 pandemic. This visual record, along with Porter’s accompanying prose, is a unique meditation on place, nature, community, time, and mental well-being and the value of mindfully appreciating them all through drawing. Through Porter’s eyes, we gain insight into the individual and collective experience and place-specific impacts of the pandemic, as opposed to the quantitative statistics of mortality and infection rates that are at the heart of most reporting and analysis.  

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Author:   Nicole Porter
Publisher:   Intellect
Imprint:   Intellect Books
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9781789388206

ISBN 10:   1789388201
Pages:   500
Publication Date:   19 January 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 1. Introduction A first sketch On purpose An everyday place Daily practices for well-being ‘Mere syllables of what I saw’ An emerging narrative (or how to read this book) 2. Framing space Windows onto the world Operability Outlook Orientation An invitation to look Engaging with windows – Communication and creativity Single hung sash 3. Noticing nature and place Green space The trees  Other vegetation: Weeds, flowers, shrubs, moss, grass and indoor plants The wildlife  The sky  The houses The street  The place 4. Watching people People socializing People and their pets  People gardening and do-it-yourself (DIY)  People working  People alone  People missing and mysterious  Reflections  People and place 5. Drawing as…  A way of knowing  Cultivating beginner’s mind  Focusing and experiencing  As professional practice  Capturing time  Sitting still long enough  ‘a little irksomeness and a few disappointments’  A therapeutic process  Revealing to self and others  6. Conclusion  Drawing to a close  Revealing residential life during COVID-19  Drawing to connect with place, people and ourselves Postscript  Bibliography  Index  

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Author Information

Dr Nicole Porter was born in Melbourne, Australia and educated at the University of Melbourne in architecture and landscape architecture. She lived and worked in Nottingham UK (2011 - 2022) before being appointed as Professor and Chair of Multi-Disciplinary Design at the University of Utah.

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