On coding and sculpture

This (from R) is not the type of coding this post is about, although of course this does show some code.
I was reading Analyzing Qualitative Date (Gibbs, 2007, Sage publications) about a week ago, looking for a reference on open coding. According to Gibbs, open coding is "the opposite of starting with a given list of codes" (p. 45).
Beyond, or maybe within open coding is the idea of "constant comparison," that I associate with Glaser and Strauss's grounded theory (The Discovery of, 1967, Aldine) in which data analysts constantly compare excerpts (or words, or in the original GT, lines) to see what might fit with what else.
My first cycle open coding, on the other hand, tends to be the opposite of constant comparison.

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