Imperfect notes on an imperfect world
An open notebook sharing the writings of Christopher Hobson. Entries are a mixture of finished pieces and more incomplete sketches, paired with pictures from ‘Sky patterns’, an original series of images composed by Hobson.
‘Humans are wonderfully incomplete, and a world made up of, and by, people will be similarly incomplete and imperfect. Each of us are constantly trying to find our way, figuring out what to do and what to be, and doing so in conditions and contexts beyond our control. This is what these notes seek to think through: what it means to be part of, contribute to, and act in this imperfect world.’
— Excerpt from Imperfect Notes
A selection of sketches
‘Adrift, in search of normality’
What next? Who knows, but like a collective Odysseus trying to return home, whenever ‘normality’ is eventually found, it is not going to be the normality that we left behind. And much like that hero from ancient Greece, we must first survive a series of tests.
‘The garden of Liu Shilong’
Liu Shilong created something impressive, awe-inspiring, which he was generous enough to give to us. ‘I have my garden always and share my garden with others always.’
‘Snake and the wheel’
The macro is made up of the micro. The choices we individually make collectively add up. What we each decide is both inconsequential and of significance.