On programming as both sculpture and stonemasonry

“In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it.” —Michelangelo

We programmers and engineers aren't so lucky as to find free-standing virtual marble blocks ready for the sculpting. We must first build up the marble block itself until it shows sufficient promise and only then start chipping away to reveal our product's true form.

Jen's Starks Paper Sculptures

When I first saw these stunning paper sculptures by Jen Stark my heart jumped as I thought they were done using standard sticky notes. Despite the fact that they're not, and are made from construction paper, I still think they're totally noteworthy (ahem), and suspect someone might be able to do something similar with sticky notes. I might break out the X-Acto knife and try it myself, but I'd encourage others to beat me to it.