{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"talqix.cloud - Paul DeFazio","home_page_url":"https://talqix.cloud","feed_url":"https://talqix.cloud/posts/PaulDeFazio","_microblog":{"about":"https://talqix.cloud/about/api","id":"1883546","username":"PaulDeFazio","bio":"Legally blind artist and architect currently based in Boston. Kind of a sketchbook... you can follow along if you want :-) \n\n[Profile ID: an image of a yellow and red moon in a night sky over someone having a fitful dream.]","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":4,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://avatars.talqix.cloud/avatars/2026/21/1883546.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"94470021","content_html":"<p>Blind stuff I’ve been into lately:: <a href=\"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/2026/07/22/blind-stuff-ive-been-into.html\">pauldefazio.talqix.cloud</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/2026/07/22/blind-stuff-ive-been-into.html","date_published":"2026-07-22T16:17:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-22 16:17","date_timestamp":1784737025,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94467882","content_html":"<p>Me feeling the top of a sculpture with my cane. Hannah feeling a chair with a pool noodle in Baltimore (Chancey used the pool noodle as an analogy to the imprecise perception of atmospheric perspective, which I thought was quite brilliant.)</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.talqix.cloud%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fimg-2133.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.talqix.cloud%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fimg-5617.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/2026/07/22/me-feeling-the-top-of.html","date_published":"2026-07-22T15:40:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-22 15:40","date_timestamp":1784734802,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94467491","content_html":"<p>BDW released a <a href=\"https://www.food4rhino.com/en/app/braillegen-rhino?lang=en\">Rhino-native version of BrailleGen</a> (Braille Now’s Braille Generator) - keep on the lookout for screenreader tools for 3D modeling :-) (smile)</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/2026/07/22/bdw-released-a-rhinonative-version.html","date_published":"2026-07-22T15:33:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-22 15:33","date_timestamp":1784734403,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94467353","content_html":"<p>Research map: 1st generation accessible design and design methods movement interchange (and some 2nd generation critiques, interlocutors, revisions…)</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.talqix.cloud%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fd1dbb97c76.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"460\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/2026/07/22/research-map-st-generation-accessible.html","date_published":"2026-07-22T15:31:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-22 15:31","date_timestamp":1784734261,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94255771","content_html":"<p>And a photo from today doing some structured discovery and tactile “literacy” [still not sure about that term] and design work between Caroline, Lavender, and I.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.talqix.cloud%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fimg-6196.jpg\" alt=\"A tabletop scene features a small blue model of a room, a floor plan of the same room made with orange wikki stix, a red figurine, and two bowls in the background. The bowls are used to hold 3D version of the 2D shapes in the model. We first read the drawing of the kitchen and then we designed our own additions to the space. \" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/2026/07/18/and-a-photo-from-today.html","date_published":"2026-07-19T01:01:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-19 01:01","date_timestamp":1784422866,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94255646","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://www.lavenderdarcangelo.com/\">Lavender Darcangelo</a> created this reaction audio to a talk I gave at <a href=\"https://www.nfbma.org/\">NFBMA</a>: great example of good plain language: mature tone, knows exactly where to pause and what to explain, and was created from her authentic experience of trying to better understand the talk. I learned a ton from it.</p>\n<p><audio controls=\"controls\" src=\"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/uploads/2026/ep3-blind-architect-talk-with-lavender-commentary-1.mp3\"></audio></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/transcripts/2026/07/18/3094.html\" class=\"transcript_link\">Transcript</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/2026/07/18/lavender-darcangelo-created-this-reaction.html","date_published":"2026-07-19T00:57:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-19 00:57","date_timestamp":1784422627,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":true,"note":"","syndication":[],"audio":{"url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/uploads/2026/ep3-blind-architect-talk-with-lavender-commentary-1.mp3","duration_seconds":3318,"duration_display":"00:55:18"}}},{"id":"94221075","content_html":"<p>Looking today at the stippled blur in Seurat</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.talqix.cloud%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F6e3802b581.jpg\" width=\"474\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/2026/07/18/looking-today-at-the-stippled.html","date_published":"2026-07-18T10:34:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-18 10:34","date_timestamp":1784370857,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94137918","content_html":"<p>Reading Audre Lorde’s “Poetry is Not a Luxury” from my bed, pausing when my eyes get tired, or I need to stop and think.</p>\n<p><audio controls=\"controls\" src=\"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/uploads/2026/eatonia-st-14.m4a\"></audio></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/transcripts/2026/07/16/3092.html\" class=\"transcript_link\">Transcript</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/2026/07/16/reading-audre-lordes-poetry-is.html","date_published":"2026-07-16T23:09:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-16 23:09","date_timestamp":1784243355,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":true,"note":"","syndication":[],"audio":{"url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/uploads/2026/eatonia-st-14.m4a","duration_seconds":972,"duration_display":"00:16:12"}}},{"id":"94078755","content_html":"<p>Had our first Blind Design Workshop pilot with students at Perkins today! Had a lot of fun creating a collective audio description and feeling the hollow stones in the Keller/Sullivan Courtyard! Perhaps I’ll share this at some point!</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/2026/07/15/had-our-first-blind-design.html","date_published":"2026-07-16T01:07:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-16 01:07","date_timestamp":1784164029,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93806898","content_html":"<p>Clay frottage taken at the skate park</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.talqix.cloud%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F58f14c118d.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" 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makerspace, and a lovely meeting with Joel Sanders and Seb Choe of <a href=\"https://jsamixdesign.com/\">JSA/MIXDesign</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/2026/07/10/had-a-nice-trip-to.html","date_published":"2026-07-10T13:37:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-10 13:37","date_timestamp":1783690628,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93768593","content_html":"<p>Nice way to do a flexible task lamp with no finger pinching</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.talqix.cloud%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fdffdd99c53.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/2026/07/10/nice-way-to-do-a.html","date_published":"2026-07-10T12:41:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-10 12:41","date_timestamp":1783687298,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93271039","content_html":"<p>Caroline, Hannah, and I feeling the cardboard map</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.talqix.cloud%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F32800a3ba4.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"447\" alt=\"\" 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class=\"transcript_link\">Transcript</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/2026/07/01/conversation-post-bdw-exercise-at.html","date_published":"2026-07-01T14:33:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-01 14:33","date_timestamp":1782916404,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":true,"note":"","syndication":[],"audio":{"url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/uploads/2026/perkins-library.m4a","duration_seconds":1613,"duration_display":"00:26:53"}}},{"id":"93252154","content_html":"<p>Cardboard map, with bump dots mapping the exterior HVAC sounds at the Perkins dormitories by the lower school.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.talqix.cloud%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fimg-5913.jpg\" alt=\"Cardboard map of the dormitories at Perkins. It's an square buildings with lots of protusions around the edges and a large courtyard. Bump dots are placed around the edges of the buidling. \" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/2026/07/01/carboard-map-with-bump-dots.html","date_published":"2026-07-01T14:21:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-01 14:21","date_timestamp":1782915702,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93132777","content_html":"<p>Haven’t complained in a while! Just haven’t had the energy, unfortunately. But here is a quick (and somewhat lazy) one <a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jPgbxgk329tWncFfjwDikWZkOQ-VUAK913vEsb8MLhU/edit?usp=sharing\">sent to York’s accessibility office about their course registration website</a>. I really wish light-sensitivity was better covered in WCAG, but that’s a complaint for another time…</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/2026/06/29/havent-complained-in-a-while.html","date_published":"2026-06-29T16:50:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-29 16:50","date_timestamp":1782751826,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92966333","content_html":"<p>Sound Window ideation</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.talqix.cloud%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F190e2b1fa2.jpg\" width=\"462\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A high contrast sketch of lots of different sound window ideas. There are scooping ones, half-domed ones, tall ones, short ones, thoughts on materials, allll kinds of ideas related to creating sound windows, and if you want a fuller description of all of them see my previous link to google docs for a text-based description! \" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/2026/06/26/sound-window-ideation.html","date_published":"2026-06-26T16:22:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-26 16:22","date_timestamp":1782490966,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92775045","content_html":"<p>Photo of Karina and I measuring a wall at Walden Pond for a nonvisual design exercise on drawing a building’s footprint</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.talqix.cloud%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F8be74c2690.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/2026/06/23/photo-of-karina-and-i.html","date_published":"2026-06-24T01:31:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-24 01:31","date_timestamp":1782264718,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92731019","content_html":"<p>From Viriginia Woolf: A Room of One’s Own:</p>\n<p>“So I went back to my inn, and as I walked through the dark streets I pondered this and that, as one does at the end of the day’s work. I pondered why it was that Mrs Seton had no money to leave us; and what effect poverty has on the mind; and what effect wealth has...</p> <a href=\"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/2026/06/23/from-viriginia-woolf-a-room.html\">pauldefazio.talqix.cloud</a>","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/2026/06/23/from-viriginia-woolf-a-room.html","date_published":"2026-06-23T13:18:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-23 13:18","date_timestamp":1782220731,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92705328","content_html":"<p>Months after listening I am still thinking about <a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/scaffold/episodes/kenneth-frampton\">this interview with Kenneth Frampton</a>. I’ve never heard him mention disability, but I think like it contains all the pieces needed to move from an architecture that merely comes from blindness to a politicized blind architecture.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/2026/06/22/months-after-listening-i-am.html","date_published":"2026-06-23T02:59:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-23 02:59","date_timestamp":1782183590,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92704443","content_html":"<p>This week’s <a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O6vmsZJV7nMNhtJUkPtbscqcvWm7UVcbZF9AJ7DZaiI/edit?usp=sharing\">notes </a>on the conceptual framwork for the house</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/2026/06/22/this-weeks-notes-on-the.html","date_published":"2026-06-23T02:34:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-23 02:34","date_timestamp":1782182072,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92701851","content_html":"<p>Charlotte’s two drawings for a house at Perkins. Still some guts and service missing and some changes coming but we are very feeling a lot of excitement and momentum, which is great. So appreciate her as a collaborator  :-)</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.talqix.cloud%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F062226-plan-1.png\" width=\"463\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A floor plan of the house at Perkins. It has a straight interior hallway that leads past a guest bedroom, studio, kitchen, living space, and bathroom. Throughout the house are different types of windows that filter light and sound. \" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.talqix.cloud%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F062226-diagram.png\" width=\"463\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A diagram overlaid on the plan showing the sound of the dam and the sun. \" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/2026/06/22/charlottes-two-drawings-for-a.html","date_published":"2026-06-23T01:24:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-23 01:24","date_timestamp":1782177845,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92620382","content_html":"<p>Two exterior wall sections for a house near Perkins</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.talqix.cloud%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Ftest4.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"268\" alt=\"Two wall sections. Not sure how to describe them, maybe this descriptoin of the overall house will help: To design the house, we created the following “kit-of-parts.” It may be useful to think of the house in two categories of elements: First, the normal enclosure, which keep a New England house warm, dry, airtight, and durable. And second are what can broadly be called “sensory aperture elements” or things that selectively let in sound, filtered light, vibration, weather information, and external presence. These apertures effectively produce a “listening house” which can be tuned by the inhabitant. \" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/2026/06/21/two-exterior-wall-sections-for.html","date_published":"2026-06-21T22:18:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-21 22:18","date_timestamp":1782080304,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92606797","content_html":"<p>Quick diagram of metric (top) vs. imperial (bottom) standard architectural scales. Was interested in understanding how these scales are determined in order to develop an architectural scale set for tactile plans, which in my experience need to be much bigger to be legible with the same level of detail.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.talqix.cloud%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Ftest8.jpg\" width=\"517\" height=\"600\" alt='Two white rendered chairs are being scaled down in metric and imperial units, showing the different stopping points these \"standard\" scales use. ' loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/2026/06/21/quick-diagram-of-metric-top.html","date_published":"2026-06-21T15:06:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-21 15:06","date_timestamp":1782054378,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92457104","content_html":"<p>Old drawing from 2016, and some <a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kc1Z1MVtHZkOL4FOGp6mN1TNJV9zjhyKz3cHnFxbmGE/edit?usp=sharing\">notes on it</a></p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.talqix.cloud%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fbirdtown.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"460\" alt=\"This is an old drawing I did called &quot;Bird Town&quot; which is basicallly a chaotic town with a lot of birds. For your sanity and mine I'm not going to describe all of it. It's a very complex image. But suffice to say, it is a very compplicated image with a lot of birds doing a lot of different things. \" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.talqix.cloud%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fbirdtown-detail-1.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Detail from the image which depicts a bird and a balloon and lots of lines that are hard to understand. They read kind of like marks on a page more than drawings of anything in particular when you are this zoomed in\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.talqix.cloud%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fbirdtown-detail-2.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"299\" alt=\"This is another detail shot and shows some of the birds on the ground\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/2026/06/18/old-drawing-from-and-some.html","date_published":"2026-06-18T21:28:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-18 21:28","date_timestamp":1781818122,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91755597","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://talqix.cloud/bradleyandroos\">@bradleyandroos</a> :-)</p>\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/PaulDeFazio/91755597","date_published":"2026-06-08T13:35:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-08 13:35","date_timestamp":1780925720,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91556763","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://talqix.cloud/isaacgreene\">@isaacgreene</a> ha, an art in and of itself</p>\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/PaulDeFazio/91556763","date_published":"2026-06-05T02:38:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-05 02:38","date_timestamp":1780627115,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91556756","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://talqix.cloud/bradleyandroos\">@bradleyandroos</a> :-)</p>\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/PaulDeFazio/91556756","date_published":"2026-06-05T02:38:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-05 02:38","date_timestamp":1780627098,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91243130","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://talqix.cloud/ablerism\">@ablerism</a> yes! No strong take really, just find it interesting</p>\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/PaulDeFazio/91243130","date_published":"2026-05-31T02:03:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-31 02:03","date_timestamp":1780192998,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91088288","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://talqix.cloud/isaacgreene\">@isaacgreene</a> nice!</p>\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/PaulDeFazio/91088288","date_published":"2026-05-28T16:46:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-28 16:46","date_timestamp":1779986789,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91088280","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://talqix.cloud/ablerism\">@ablerism</a> :-)</p>\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/PaulDeFazio/91088280","date_published":"2026-05-28T16:46:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-28 16:46","date_timestamp":1779986776,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85730935","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://talqix.cloud/ablerism\">@ablerism</a> :-)</p>\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/PaulDeFazio/85730935","date_published":"2026-03-07T21:42:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-07 21:42","date_timestamp":1772919721,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}