The Flashlight is a device that should be required to have a glow-in-the-dark band around it so it can be located in the dark.
A Map men can read better than women, because only the male mind could conceive of one inch equalling 100 miles.
The Map is called upon to enable a situational representation on the part of the individual subject to that vaster and properly unrepresentable totality which is the ensemble of the city's structure as a whole.
The Map is a way of flattening, transforming elements into connections that they otherwise do not have in order that some event might be 'handled'.
The Map is a special kind of city portrait, usually of practical intent. They are made to assist the 'man in the street' (or 'on the plot') to find position, property and place.
A Passport is a document that one shows to government officials whenever one reaches a border between countries, so the officials can learn who you are, where you were born, and how you look when photographed unflatteringly.
A Passport is a document treacherously inflicted upon a citizen going abroad, exposing him as an alien and pointing him out for special reprobation and outrage.
14 concepts in this pillow book.