{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Paul DeFazio","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/PaulDeFazio","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/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.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2026/21/1883546.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"93806898","content_html":"<p>Clay frottage taken at the skate park</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F58f14c118d.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/2026/07/10/clay-frottage-taken-at-the.html","date_published":"2026-07-11T03:47:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-11 03:47","date_timestamp":1783741649,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93771144","content_html":"<p>Had a nice trip to New York visiting friends and a few fun disability-related hangouts, a long breakfast with <a href=\"https://kagi.com/search?q=alice+sheppard\">Alice Sheppard</a> nerding out about disability arts, a visit to <a href=\"https://www.adaptivedesign.org/\">Adaptive Design Association</a> looking at their 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.micro.blog/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.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%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.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fdffdd99c53.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" 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class=\"transcript_link\">Transcript</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/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.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%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.micro.blog/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.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.micro.blog%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.micro.blog/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.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%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.micro.blog/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.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%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.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.micro.blog%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.micro.blog/2026/06/26/sound-window-ideation.html","date_published":"2026-06-26T16:22:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%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.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F8be74c2690.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/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.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%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.micro.blog/2026/06/23/from-viriginia-woolf-a-room.html\">pauldefazio.micro.blog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/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.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%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.micro.blog/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.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%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.micro.blog/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.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%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.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.micro.blog%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.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.micro.blog%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.micro.blog/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.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%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.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.micro.blog%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.micro.blog/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.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%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.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.micro.blog%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. 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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.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.micro.blog%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.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.micro.blog%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.micro.blog/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.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%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":"92397181","content_html":"<p>And then also connecting to artists like SOPHIE, (if you’re not familiar, a trans artist who used a synthetic hyper edited voice with great expressive range.) <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdLvp630plc\">Link1</a>, <a href=\"https://music.apple.com/ua/music-video/its-okay-to-cry/1373190602\">Link2</a>, <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ6ppVyWgCI\">Link3 </a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/2026/06/17/and-then-also-connecting-to.html","date_published":"2026-06-18T00:21:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-18 00:21","date_timestamp":1781742095,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92396869","content_html":"<p>I’m still so obsessed with the synthetic speech and gregorian chant in Toshi Ishiyanagi’s <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L5Ek8Ea2wg\">Music for Living Space</a>, and its implications for the artful use of screen readers and synthetic speech.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/2026/06/17/im-still-so-obsessed-with.html","date_published":"2026-06-18T00:16:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-18 00:16","date_timestamp":1781741775,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92286969","content_html":"<p>A list of a few things that I’ve been interested in recently.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Met Marco Salsiccia and found his BlindSVG generator and lots of other cool materials on <a href=\"https://marconius.com/\">his website</a>\n</li>\n<li>Andrew Stone showed me KnowHow Shop’s ceramics studio for the blind ceramicist Don Katz, which used 1:1 prototypes of construction details as the...</li>\n</ul> <a href=\"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/2026/06/16/a-list-of-a-few.html\">pauldefazio.micro.blog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/2026/06/16/a-list-of-a-few.html","date_published":"2026-06-16T13:35:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-16 13:35","date_timestamp":1781616910,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92254837","content_html":"<p>Origami sailboat from a blindfolded origami workshop. My table neighbor said the backside of the paper felt shiny. To me it also felt waxy, like there was sealant on the boat, vs the rough papery sails.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fimg-5636.jpg\" width=\"485\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Four fingers touching a paper origami sailboat made with origami paper that has a red glossy coating on one side and nothing on the other, creating very different textures between the front and back. \" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/2026/06/15/origami-sailboat-from-a-blindfolded.html","date_published":"2026-06-16T00:29:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-16 00:29","date_timestamp":1781569762,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92017102","content_html":"<p>Bead architecture plan</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F5727ddb0d5.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A tactile board with black pegs, featuring red and yellow pieces arranged in an architectural plan \" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/2026/06/11/bead-architecture-plan.html","date_published":"2026-06-12T03:38:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-12 03:38","date_timestamp":1781235483,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92008318","content_html":"<p>First totally blind isometric drawing</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fimage.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A geometric drawing on brown paper depicts a 3D cube outline formed by intersecting straight lines. It is drawn on a sensational blackboard \" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/2026/06/11/first-totally-blind-isometric-drawing.html","date_published":"2026-06-11T23:33:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-11 23:33","date_timestamp":1781220809,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91834967","content_html":"<p>Page from Andrea Deplazes</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F370464b85b.jpg\" width=\"488\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/2026/06/09/page-from-andrea-deplazes.html","date_published":"2026-06-09T14:59:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-09 14:59","date_timestamp":1781017172,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91797616","content_html":"<p>As a blind designer, I don’t always feel that there is a clear and direct relationship between tools that provide blind access to design (i.e. tactile drawing) and better buidling for blind people. I wrong about negotiating that in this <a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/15cK2hSlV5uyKDIbJEDIdLdIH6beTdUjyiqvvm0xWJbs/edit?usp=sharing\">journal entry</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/2026/06/08/as-a-blind-designer-i.html","date_published":"2026-06-09T00:57:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-09 00:57","date_timestamp":1780966639,"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://micro.blog/bradleyandroos\">@bradleyandroos</a> :-)</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/PaulDeFazio/91755597","date_published":"2026-06-08T13:35:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%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":"91734418","content_html":"<p>Roof structure at the Menil Collection</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpauldefazio.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fimg-1665.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A modern art gallery features minimalist architecture with high ceilings and a walkway leading to a large window, where a person sits on a couch in the foreground. The buidling is the Menil Collection main building by Renzo Piano. \" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/2026/06/07/roof-structure-at-the-menil.html","date_published":"2026-06-08T03:31:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1883546.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PaulDeFazio"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-08 03:31","date_timestamp":1780889512,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91556763","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/isaacgreene\">@isaacgreene</a> ha, an art in and of itself</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/PaulDeFazio/91556763","date_published":"2026-06-05T02:38:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%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://micro.blog/bradleyandroos\">@bradleyandroos</a> :-)</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/PaulDeFazio/91556756","date_published":"2026-06-05T02:38:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%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://micro.blog/ablerism\">@ablerism</a> yes! No strong take really, just find it interesting</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/PaulDeFazio/91243130","date_published":"2026-05-31T02:03:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%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://micro.blog/isaacgreene\">@isaacgreene</a> nice!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/PaulDeFazio/91088288","date_published":"2026-05-28T16:46:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%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://micro.blog/ablerism\">@ablerism</a> :-)</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/PaulDeFazio/91088280","date_published":"2026-05-28T16:46:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%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://micro.blog/ablerism\">@ablerism</a> :-)</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/PaulDeFazio/85730935","date_published":"2026-03-07T21:42:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul DeFazio","url":"https://pauldefazio.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%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}}]}