This afternoon provided a much needed break from the marathon meetings that have characterized the last few weeks, and the walk back from the lighting studio revealed a tranquil stride in my gait. It was however, at once and immediately suppressed upon returning to the office by the four co-workers I share my “pod” with. Naturally, not wanting to kill the buzz that two hours in a dark room with ambient light leaves one with, I contentiously combated their intense level of decibel with the ever increasing volume of Sigur Ros piping through the cord connecting my computer to my head.
I have much to do. But on this Friday afternoon the headphones, Icelandic tunes, and Boulevard are making strikingly strong arguments against checking off the vexatious to-do’s that will forever give order to the typical work day.
A few images of the Cologne Modern Art Museum by Peter Zumthor, a beautiful interplay between historic and contemporary structures. Zumthor is able to meld the old and new with what appears to be minimal effort. The proportion and articulation of the new masonry against the existing structure proves to be another Zumthor exercise in thoughtful restraint.
Just when I was thinking about giving up cynicism and sarcastic wit, a hilarious yet poignant TED talk by James Howard Kunstler. The tragedy of suburbia
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