a -> b
I'm faster and better than ever.
Why do I wonder every year if I'll be able to get back into the swing of normal and studio courses? The ideas won't stop coming. Inspiration is everywhere. The projects are becoming more and more relevant to the point I have direct impact on both small and large scale groups of people.
We're doing actual city planning and urban revitalization for the city and college, and we're designing kiosks and other types of furniture for the arts center for the art openings and wine parties.
I sometimes I've actually wondered if I should be in another line of work. Should I have gone into art, or engineering, or something else entirely? Then I put forth an idea and make it happen or present it to someone who can. No one else gets to do it in quite that way. There is nothing like seeing something you had a huge stake in designing not only end up near people or in front of people eyes, as an engineer or artist would, but rationalizing, understanding, building, joining, planning all of it.
Maybe you personally believe architecture is meaningless or unimportant to you. Understand no one plans like an architect does. Few people have more direct effects on your potential health and environment. The architect can help you learn, heal, be productive, be happy, save money, be safe, vastly affect the environment, build community ties and give a total experience that can blow you away the first time you actually experience good architecture instead of merely being affected by buildings. No profession is as great a negotiator, communicator, and organizer. It isn't a powertrip or ego.
There is skill, talent and vision required to do what we do.
On the negative side we are quite grumpy and tired from all of this. No profession is as close to the role of god, and its rather stressful and exhausting. That last bit may sound egotistical or overblown, but in a lot of ways, it isn't. Also it isnt meant in the infallible sense of god, so I'm not saying a building won't ever collapse on your head or that we are somehow perfect in any way at all.
I'm very tired I'm not sure any of what I said had merit but I can't stop my mind long enough to sleep.
Why do I wonder every year if I'll be able to get back into the swing of normal and studio courses? The ideas won't stop coming. Inspiration is everywhere. The projects are becoming more and more relevant to the point I have direct impact on both small and large scale groups of people.
We're doing actual city planning and urban revitalization for the city and college, and we're designing kiosks and other types of furniture for the arts center for the art openings and wine parties.
I sometimes I've actually wondered if I should be in another line of work. Should I have gone into art, or engineering, or something else entirely? Then I put forth an idea and make it happen or present it to someone who can. No one else gets to do it in quite that way. There is nothing like seeing something you had a huge stake in designing not only end up near people or in front of people eyes, as an engineer or artist would, but rationalizing, understanding, building, joining, planning all of it.
Maybe you personally believe architecture is meaningless or unimportant to you. Understand no one plans like an architect does. Few people have more direct effects on your potential health and environment. The architect can help you learn, heal, be productive, be happy, save money, be safe, vastly affect the environment, build community ties and give a total experience that can blow you away the first time you actually experience good architecture instead of merely being affected by buildings. No profession is as great a negotiator, communicator, and organizer. It isn't a powertrip or ego.
There is skill, talent and vision required to do what we do.
On the negative side we are quite grumpy and tired from all of this. No profession is as close to the role of god, and its rather stressful and exhausting. That last bit may sound egotistical or overblown, but in a lot of ways, it isn't. Also it isnt meant in the infallible sense of god, so I'm not saying a building won't ever collapse on your head or that we are somehow perfect in any way at all.
I'm very tired I'm not sure any of what I said had merit but I can't stop my mind long enough to sleep.