a non-architectural post?
May 30, 2008
This is more of a series of thoughts than anything else…I’m going to try and write something every day, like a ship’s log.
The thing about working from home is that there is no reason to leave the safety of the building. So I am still in pajamas and what have I constructed? A meeting. I’m working for an emerging non-profit, part-time, and I’m sending out invitations – late. It takes hours. Our event will occur next week. I’m learning what it takes to create an institution and it’s on the brink of manifesting, but could teeter either way.
I need to leave the house and stretch my body out from being curled over the computer. Shall I take a walk in the dark? The area where I live is between neighborhoods. Pilsen is on one side, the Disney-esque University Village to the East, the former and current remains of the ABLA housing project very nearby; Little Italy above that. It’s a bit dangerous to walk here after dark. I might ride my bike around. I feel that I belong more to Pilsen, but it’s a day-time kind of place. The territories of streets change after dark and the commercial spaces close.
So: caught in-between…again.
Imagining Life as Architecture
May 30, 2008
Before buildings are constructed they are imagined…I’m imagining my life as architecture. Constructing my identity? Imagining my place in the realm of architecture.
I am a sculptor trained as an architect.
I am a teacher.
I think about space a lot.
I own a home in Chicago, but I am not from here.
I produce documents related to research.
There are many overlaps between the things I do, only sometimes they seem disparate.
I would like to form a bridge between architecture and art.
I would like this to be an emergent hub for the spokes of my interests…propelling me into continued forward motion.
