Weekend 193.1

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Winston Smith

To put this in plain terms, Americans and their institutions have tended to choose the self-interest and individualism of the free market over the nationalized model more prevalent in postwar Continue Reading →

Weekend 190.1

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Winston Smith

Someone once asked Goethe what color he liked best. “I like rainbows,” he said. That’s what I love about architecture: If it’s good, it’s about every color in the spectrum Continue Reading →

Now your ageless bell…

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Winston Smith

“A date, being mere kronos, has no character. It is almost nothing. It is a one-dimensional line, the circumference. A line can have no color. Only kairos, only a two-dimensional Continue Reading →

Weekend 182.0

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Winston Smith

“What is true of the pine tree, for and by itself, is no less true in the relation of the tree to its environment. The Japanese artist studies pine-tree nature Continue Reading →

Light of lights…

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Winston Smith

There is no more precious element of immortality than mankind as thus humane Heaven may be the symbol of this light of lights only insofar as heaven is thus a Continue Reading →

Weekend 177.1

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Winston Smith

How to Get a Real Education: Forget art history and calculus. Most students need to learn how to run a business, says Scott Adams. (WSJ) Meanwhile, some of my peers Continue Reading →

Weekend 177.0

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Winston Smith

(1) Best feet forward: Fairfield forum for cyclists, walkers (Fairifeld Citizen) (2) The Sleepless Elite: Why Some People Can Run on Little Sleep and Get So Much Done (Wall Street Continue Reading →

Venture Travel Service

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Winston Smith

Walt Disney loved trains and planes—all modes of transportation, in fact, whether modern or historical. — Becky Cline

Weekend 176.0 (the Bilbao Effect)

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Winston Smith

(1) Found – The Comics Of Chris Ware: Drawing Is A Way Of Thinking I just finished Makeshift Metropolis by Witold Rybczynski so the timing of this “find” is serendipitous. Continue Reading →

Weekend 175.2

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Winston Smith

“Decaying and dilapidated architecture resonates as loss, as evidence of the irreversible passage of time, yet architectural ruins emanate past grandeur.” — Daniel Worden, On Modernism’s Ruins: The Architecture of Continue Reading →

Limestone Roof

Our history now descends from a kingdom of gold to one of iron and rust.

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