Forms of Inquiry

There is a certain sense in which we are wholly involved in metaphor and in which a small construct such as this — local to its context and wholly a one-off — may have some value also as a model, which will then be a model of address, of attitude and approach, rather than one of outcome or consequence. I do not want to strain its credibility further than that. In a more diffuse way, the same might be said of a small workshop. I hope however that by veering so alarmingly between the general and the particular, and between the realms of metaphor and practicality, I have suggested to you that every technical possibility has a wider equivalence, and a positive need to seek relationships with its neighbours. There are many roles for your own future workshops, and I hope you will occupy them with devotion, intelligence and high good humour. Good luck with your inheritance!

Text extracted from Models & Constructs by Norman Potter, Hyphen Press, London 1990

Inquiry

Norman Potter – Models & Constructs