s5231 The Rykami Arysane Sketchbook

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The Roseann Sketchbook / Book of the Threshold

The Rykami Arysane was intended to be a book of experimental, loose drawings liberating me from stuffy, labor-intensive, monochrome rucisaime style pencil drawings prevalent since the Rykami Yasmyne.

I began the sketchbook in the Lakepoint era, in early 1995 shortly after moving to St. Louis, but most of its development was in the Amherst era, in the midst of a quarterlife crisis. The sketchbook ends up being a document of the crisis and its therapy, many of its stream-of-thought sketches, intended to be loosening, expressive exercises, became introspective. I unwittingly use an avatar called Icarus to explore my newfound circumstances in an alien southern city and deal with unresolved issues from university and even further back. Icarus appears at the threshold of his career, leaving a comfortable childhood and university s5231a01, and is pictured in color along with his boss s5231a13. The first half of the book illustrates Icarus defining and then sorting out problems in life. “The Life Stage Page” s5231a02 and “Getting out from under It All” s5231a22 illustrate that Icarus is aware of his faults and plans to get past them. He dreams of love s5231a16 and success s5231a56, but also considers shameful shortcomings s5231a28 and outright failure s5231a74. As we proceed through the illustrations generally we see Icarus maturing, growing in confidence, finding true love s5231a59. A couple studies in recent years pop up in the Rykami Arysane, increasingly analytical s5231a78, less self-referential s5231a87. The last parts of the book become purely intellectual, mathematical musings s5231a99 that require a set of numerals much larger than the ten familiar digits. By this point in my late thirties, the quaint problems documented in the sketchbook were distant and insignificant. I had grown into a busy, confident, independent businessman doing work I love, enjoying a sort of freedom and spiritual serenity few men come to know.

The Rykami Arysane is an artist’s sketchbook with all the trappings: experimentation, honing of technique, studies from life. The book is fraught with inextricable complexities of a polyvalent artist that develop along with the art. The book studies and incorporates constructed language and arithmetic in large number bases, processes that had their start along with nascent drawing skills of middle school. The Rykami Arysane was developed between 16 January 1995 (Tayya 5231) and 14 April 2009 (Tayya 8246). Unlike my other sketchbooks, it is a travelogue of a journey through my mind.

a00 Dedication Page This is a typical sketchbook cover title along with the dedication and the address at the time of production.	a01 Title Page “L’Rukaminâ”, “The Threshold” This title vignette pictures “Icarus” at the Threshold, between childhood and adulthood. I had just moved from Joliet to St. Louis to start my career. “The Threshold” was the original name of the sketchbook.	a02 The Life Stage Page This page features an indicator of where I am at the time of production; between a kid and a man.	a04 Studies for Sean C’s Birthday Sketches of possible cards for my college friend.
a07 Amyñikâ Remembering a holy friend from university.	a08 “La Sevillana” Stream of consciousness and short studies of fellow customers at Stacks Cafe in Clayton.	a09 Arebinâ A sketch on the back of a calendar recalling a college friend.	a10 Coffeeshop, Chicago, and Engineers Quick studies of fellow patrons at Stacks Cafe in Clayton.
a11 Asayme fi Xensley Rejection nite at a dinner, the drawing laced with thoughts on the disappointment.	a12 Icarus fi Krunþe Alanþe A sketch of myself laying on the floor of my studio apartment, and a few sketches of memories two summers hence.	a13 “Icarus at the Park” and “Il Capo” Color self portrait in a mirror, and musing about being a boss someday: Maybe one day I will sit like my boss does.	a14 Peregrinajes and Plan A variety of sketches executed over several days as an exercise to keep sketching. This page includes a drawing of the dedicatee.
a15 Icarus Lasciando a Disegnare Some ideas for drawings and a self portrait entering the cafe at Wydown to sketch.	a16 La Mia Donna Italiana Imagining Icarus marrying Mara, 17 years his elder.	a17 “Simferopol” Assorted vignettes and streams of consciousness at Stacks Cafe in Clayton.	a18 Arysani A variety of sketches executed over several days as an exercise to keep sketching. This page includes a drawing of the dedicatee.
a19 Things that Appeal to Boys after 26 Years What has really mattered up to now? What is missing from this list?	a20 The End of Running and Planning the Kaxa Lecorbu 38 minutes round Forest Park is as good as it will get, and planning a trip to France to see Le Corbusier’s work.	a21 Pleasure-Xibane Sketches pondering fun on a planned trip to France, and my college girlfriend Imani, who was visiting again soon.	a22 Getting out from under It All and Where to Live Stream of thought page exploring how to get beyond the past, and where to live after Amherst.
a23 Kentaro Open Mic and My Future Wife's Autograph I sketch my friend Kent belting it out at Cafe Danielle on Euclid. My future wife (a couple years later) selects this page to place her simple autograph.	a24 Le Memorie Secondo Lei Mairenâ is imagined on the Italian end of the telephone line.	a25 New Car or Greece? Musings on whether to buy a new car or to visit Greece, including the duodecimal numerals.	a27 Daniel Sullivan Lecture Doodles Notes from a Washington University lecture incorporate Icarus in office attire, fashioned after Picasso.
a28 “Icarus” Ectefe Xrine Icarus and his sister are arguing, and end up parting ways.	a29 Carha Reneya Ideating about a drawing and about an ideal home.	a31 Studio Icarus Logo Studies for a logo for my hoped-for art studio.	a41 Chess Players A sketch of students at Cafe Aesop playing chess, with thoughts about erstwhile relationships.
a43 Aveacrixe Aðitriçal “Aðitriça” style sketch of Aveacrixe.	a44 Amagal Aðitriçal “Aðitriça” of Amagal, met on the train to Paris from Florence	a45 Spacetime Context Pondering where I’ve been locally, globally, and temporally.	a46 Asmarâ Aðitriçal Xakimal Imagining Asmarâ in markers.
a48 Portrait of Beth Kobliner, Author Marker sketch of an author from a book jacket photograph.	a49 La Sorellina e La Nipotina Portraits of my sister and niece.	a50 “Icarus” k’Amagale Marker portrait of myself with Amagal.	a51 Asayme Aðitriçal Marker portrait of a college friend.
a52 Chimera Logo Study Marker sketch of an author from a book jacket photograph.	a56 Big Me What if I become a fat cat?	a57 The Joliet (Xereney) Page Visions of the Joliet of my youth, factories and industry abound.	a59 Meeting Laura Ann A memory portrait of my wife-to-be after our first date, with lecture notes.
a60 Making Great Streets Lecture Notes Sketching cars and vehicles during a lecture on new urban streets.	a63 Joliet Urbanism Rapid sketch of a close in the cold.	a66 Mia Bella Angelina Celebrating my new old car.	a67 Ñimanþyñe Aðitriçal A marker sketch of my niece.
a70 Jennifer Study 1 Marker sketch from the Art Guild figure model night.	a71 Jennifer Study 2 A second marker study of the model.	a72 Agora in the Loop Analysis of a steel commons building in University City, Missouri.	a74 “Icarus” Casca dal Cielo I am crashing down to earth in this image, in a funk about not being at the top.
a77 Seattle Transit and Suburbs Investigation of the functioning of Seattle trams and suburban neighborhood design.	a78 Seattle 4th and Pine On-site analysis of an urban square in ballpoint pen.	a79 Seattle Building Studies Several unfinished vignettes exploring buildings in downtown Seattle.	a80 Great Forest Park Balloon Race Poster Study Several studies for a poster.
a87 Claire Sketches at Art Museum 2009 sketches of my 6 year old daughter as she sketches at the Art Museum. Includes studies for Vinci LLC digital models of construction trailers.	a90 Cyclical Diagrams Graphic study of the relationships of divisors of small integers. Basis for Cyclic Resonance and Balance Study.	a91 Argam Nomenclature Study Exploring ideas for ismarragam.	a92 Infinite Multiplication Table and Nomenclature Study First iteration of the “infinite multiplication table”, an exercise that helps generate argam.
a93 Argam for multiples of the smallest primes A sexagesimal puzzle I worked on during flights summarized, then expanded in this Factor Study.	a94 Argam for multiples of highly composite numbers Graphic study of the relationships of divisors of small integers.	a95 Survey of divisors of cubes of bases Exploring ideas for ismarragam.	a96 Study of divisors of sexagesimal and base-120 powers First iteration of the "infinite multiplication table", an exercise that helps generate argam.
a97 Study of divisors of the cube of 360 and of sexagesimal fractions Investigation of the divisors of the cube of 360, to understand 5-smooth regular numbers in that scale.	a98 Fraction studies in various bases Examination of the decimal value of fractions in various scales.	a99 "Reciprocal Divisor Method" summarized This page summarizes a method of sexagesimal multiplication, produced and presented in late 2007 (Download the 6½ Mb PDF here).	b00 Side B Inside Cover An old portrait of Roseann at work in the Academic Computing center, contraposed by several post-it portraits and slogans.
b05 The Lrixe Alphabet Alphabet in use in the late 1990s to represent the conlang Lrixe, used throughout my work.		s5568a00 “Rentik-Aveacrixe” Picture of dedicatee Aveacrixe in front of Arezzo, Tuscany, from a sparsely-developed sketchbook.	s5697a00 “La Camélia fi Xereneye” The dedication image of the sparsely-developed Rykami Asayme showing Camélia in front of hometown heavy industry.

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