Such a simple thing. Y sin embargo es [la línea], después del punto (Alfa y Omega), aquella historia que une y da vida y dimensiones fantásticas y espeluznantes anteriormente desconocidas por aquel pequeño punto.
This is not my first blog. It is actually my third, having composed blogs before on completely unrelated topics.
Otras líneas de pensamiento. Quizás por eso escribo este blog. No para unir a los otros, sino para crear otra línea más. Una que quizás corte tajantemente por temas de la vida; o que simplemente vague por el universo completamente ignorante de su importancia o falta de.
So why and where to with this line? The why first. I am in the process of reading (well, re-reading, really. But the first time did not count, as it was for academic reasons and this time it is for personal ones) Concise Townscape by Gordon Cullen.
It is a brilliant book, in the opinion of someone who can dare call himself a Town Planner by education (though at the moment not by employment, though I would relish the chance) and a dreamer by vocation. It is simple in its conversation with the reader, and yet it offers a wealth of information, both theoretical and visual, as to what we should strive to look for and pay attention to in our towns and cities. You don't necessarily have to agree with Cullens' opinions. But you suddenly become much more aware of your surroundings. I for one now look at my old vacation photographs through a completely different set of spectacles. There is a greater appreciation for what was already special, and makes me want to go back and gaze upon my surroundings with new eyes, and draw new lines of sight.
Esa pequeña línea que se asoma tímidamente en una esquina de nuestro campo visual empieza a tener sentido, forma, propósito. Aquellos escondites en los cuales jugábamos en el vecindario en la inocencia de nuestra juventud adquieren nuevas capas, dimensiones, madurez. Nos llega una nueva apreciación, y sin embargo no perdemos aquella alegria del significado de los que son esos recuerdos, porque cada punto físico tiene un eslabón emocional, y eso es parte de lo que nuestro entorno urbano, en mi opinión, debe tener para ser exitoso. Debe provocar reacciones, y emociones.
They do not have to be 'mile-a-minute, edge-of-your-seats, health-warning-on-label' emotions, mind you. I think in our modern world it is often too easy for the eye and the brain to be seduced by the 'flash' and the 'bling'. Bigger, louder, brighter, faster seems to define the 21st century. Or perhaps more worryingly: 'instant.' Patience seems to be as outdated as the dot matrix printer. 'Ojo al detalle' as well. But these emotions, like our urban surroundings, well, they can be as simple as a smile, a reminiscion, a feeling of...
...paz.
So, one book. An awful lot of emotional quasi-artsy-fartsy sharing. A reason for a blog. It will get more interesting and maybe even more artsy-fartsy.
Todo comienza de alguna manera.
And I still haven't explained the 'Where to', though if you paid attention to the not so subtle title of this blog, you kind of get the gist of where I'm heading...
Esa pequeña línea que se asoma tímidamente en una esquina de nuestro campo visual empieza a tener sentido, forma, propósito. Aquellos escondites en los cuales jugábamos en el vecindario en la inocencia de nuestra juventud adquieren nuevas capas, dimensiones, madurez. Nos llega una nueva apreciación, y sin embargo no perdemos aquella alegria del significado de los que son esos recuerdos, porque cada punto físico tiene un eslabón emocional, y eso es parte de lo que nuestro entorno urbano, en mi opinión, debe tener para ser exitoso. Debe provocar reacciones, y emociones.
They do not have to be 'mile-a-minute, edge-of-your-seats, health-warning-on-label' emotions, mind you. I think in our modern world it is often too easy for the eye and the brain to be seduced by the 'flash' and the 'bling'. Bigger, louder, brighter, faster seems to define the 21st century. Or perhaps more worryingly: 'instant.' Patience seems to be as outdated as the dot matrix printer. 'Ojo al detalle' as well. But these emotions, like our urban surroundings, well, they can be as simple as a smile, a reminiscion, a feeling of...
...paz.
So, one book. An awful lot of emotional quasi-artsy-fartsy sharing. A reason for a blog. It will get more interesting and maybe even more artsy-fartsy.
Todo comienza de alguna manera.
And I still haven't explained the 'Where to', though if you paid attention to the not so subtle title of this blog, you kind of get the gist of where I'm heading...
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