Quote of the Day
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It is easy to specify the individual objects of admiration in these grand scenes; but it is not possible to give an adequate idea of the higher feelings of wonder, astonishment, and devotion, which fill and elevate the mind.
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The words of others are mistakes of our hearing, shipwrecks of our understanding. How confidently we believe in our meanings of other people’s words. We hear death in words they speak to express sensual bliss. We read sensuality and life in words they drop from their lips without the slightest intention of being profound.
The voice of brooks that you interpret, pure explicator…the voice of trees whose rustling means what we say it means…ah, my unknown love, this is all just us and our fantasies, all ash, trickling down the bars of our cell!
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by Mike Monteiro
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“In all my works, light is an important controlling factor,” says Ando. “I create enclosed spaces mainly by means of thick concrete walls. The primary reason is to create a place for the individual, a zone for oneself within society. When the external factors of a city’s
environment require the wall to be without openings, the interior must
be especially full and satisfying.” And further on the subject of walls,
Ando writes, “At times walls manifest a power that borders on the
violent. They have the power to divide space, transfigure place, and
create new domains. Walls are the most basic elements of architecture,
but they can also be the most enriching.”
Church of Light (Ibaraki-shi, Osaka fu, Japan) by Tadao Ando
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The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you do best.