And sometimes nature makes art out of our arts, and we wake up to find that our sidewalks have become negative prints of what had been upon them. Here, rainstorms leave behind shadows like aftermath of autumnal atomic bombs. Fallen but not yet forgotten.
Archives for Providence
Windows to windows
PROVIDENCE [Fr. : Providentia, Lat.] Foresight; timely care; forecast: the act of providing. Sidney. The care of God over created beings; divine superintendence. Raleigh. Prudence; frugality; reasonable and moderate care of expense. Dryden. —Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language, 1775 [here]
WINDOW [from ON. vindauga, f. vindr WIND + auga EYE] 1.a. An opening in [...]
Late nights behind me, late nights before me
Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
—Dr. Samuel Johnson
I’m coming soon, Providence. I’m coming back to your shining asphalt and your barelimbed trees so please wait up for me and keep your streetlights blazing late.
Architecture is shadows
“I do not believe that ever any building was truly great, unless it had mighty masses, vigorous and deep, of shadow mingled with its surface. And among the first habits that a young architect should learn, is that of thinking in shadow, not looking at a design in its miserable liny skeleton; but conceiving it [...]
This is the best house
au revoir, chez nous, au revoir, la neige
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