A personal page
● four things I love
Dereck
Blackburn
Art, books, music, and architecture. Four ways of paying attention to the same thing — how form, space, and texture make us feel something.
01
Art
Looking slowly. Composition, texture, restraint — and the pleasure of a piece that rewards a second visit.
02
Books
Slow reading as a counterweight to a fast world. Fiction, essays, and the occasional deep dive that takes over a month.
03
Music
Listening closely, always. From ambient drift to loud guitars — anything that does something interesting with sound and space.
04
Architecture
How a building holds light and people. The quiet decisions you only notice once you've stood inside them.
About
These four keep finding their way into each other.
A good record has the shape of a building; a good book has the texture of a painting. I don't treat art, books, music, and architecture as separate boxes — they're different doors into the same room. This page is just a place to keep that room.