December 2011
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Young architects who confront social issues often abandon both architecture and...
– Denise Scott Brown, Journal of the American Institute of Planners, May 1969, 184-86 (via mas-studio)
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the world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places.
– hemingway.
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beginning.
sent to me today by an old friend. prefect timing. thank you.
The Journey
One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice - though the whole house began to tremble and you felt the old tug at your ankles. “Mend my life!” each voice cried. But you didn’t stop. You knew what you had to do, though the wind pried...
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"chest of drawers"
dream seed:
every night a house collapses in my chest the sink upstairs falls into the tub downstairs floorboards erupt into a riot of matchsticks
thanks, blue crane standing, for reminding me of this.
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Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the ‘transcendent’...
– Christopher Hitchens, author and journalist (1949-2011)
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heard this today on @wmbr. good stuff, like red kross-era pop.
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