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Peter VanderPoel
Jun 25, 20194 min read
Athletic Aesthetics
Soccer is known as “The beautiful game”. But other sports are just as beautiful. The rules or the shape of the ball is not what interests...
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Peter VanderPoel
Feb 20, 20193 min read
Why the Hell Would You Do That?
One of the assignments for sophomore architecture students was developed over three related projects. The first part was to draw a Roman...
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Peter VanderPoel
Jan 28, 20193 min read
Better Late than On Time
In Support of Procrastination In professional baseball, when a batter would come to the plate and obliterate the back chalk line of the...
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Peter VanderPoel
Jan 19, 20181 min read
Boulevard de Raspail
#etching #intaglio #paris #urban
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Peter VanderPoel
Jan 10, 20181 min read
Not That Kind of 'Romantic'
The terms 'Classical' and 'Romantic' tend to conjure images of orchestral music and Valentine's Day. Historically these terms are applied...
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Peter VanderPoel
Oct 10, 20172 min read
The Fabric of Meaning
Voltaire ended his novel, 'Candide' with the admonition, "Il faut cultiver notre jardin."-We must tend to our gardens, suggesting that...
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Peter VanderPoel
Aug 16, 20172 min read
Between a Box and a Hardware Place
I planted a cherry tree in my yard that was to serve two purposes: to produce cherries and shade the first floor window from the summer...
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Peter VanderPoel
Jul 30, 20171 min read
Dinghies at Nantucket Harbor
#Art #watercolor
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Peter VanderPoel
Jul 11, 20172 min read
Transferrable
One of my favorite pieces of music is Clair de Lune (Moonlight), by Claude Debussy. Below is a link to an audio file. Until recently, I...
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