The Ephemeral...

Is the future of architecture set in concrete; or is it???

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/zaragoza-tt0611.html

Do we need to have walls and floors, or is it something more temporary, something implied.  There has been great pavilions built using just water as a barrier to human movement, but is architecture more than just a obstacle more than a restriction on our choices.  Without something to shape our world, we have no architecture, but I don't think it need to be limited to just a solid, permanent solution.

The internet is a testament to that human ideal that the temporary is all we crave.  We like dynamic, ever changing world just as much as the same old thing; some more than others if Korean gaming statistics is anything to go by.

But maybe using digital tools, and the internet on a more physical scale rather than solely virtual, we can find something delightful, and architectural in the middle.  It only takes a look at some of the emerging technologies around the place than can show us how we can create a dynamic structure, using nothing more than energy.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=413076

The idea of using holograms is thought to be futuristic, and sci-fi, but I think it has a really important role in entertainment of the future.  Imagine instead of a event that, if we are all to see it, travels from city to city, or we travel to it, wasting a mountain of materials, and energy and labour; when you can hold just one festival, and broadcast that image, in the form of a hologram to cities, town, street, and even houses everywhere.

All you need is a good internet connection and a holographic projector.

The festival of the future is born.

http://blog.lmff.com.au/2011/02/08/five-festival-fashion-tips-from-lmff/

Holograms of your favorite artists, which you can see and even touch, surrounded by thousands of real spectators and 'virtual spectators' enjoying and experiencing the festival on your terms rather than the provider.  This would make the cost of the festival incredibly cheap as everyone involved virtually can pay a small nominal fee and it could be sponsored to further reduce the costs, not to mention the quality of a well rested, single show only performance.

http://www.yestefindeque.com/2009/08/dieselumusic-tour-2009.html

A world of festivals and events, at your very fingertips, virtually, visually, and most importantly, sustainability.

 Is this the festival of the future???

What is architecture???

So in constructing a future architecture, we need to consider the limitations, or for that matter; the lack of limitations.

http://dobby.dyndns.biz/constantamateur/2011/08/15/rent-money
-is-dead-money-or-how-we-all-aspire-to-be-derivatives-traders/

Architecture can be anything, it is anthropology, it is religion, pschyology, paper planes and everything in between.  It is anything we construct or invent for, with, or to ourselves.  It is time.

The underlying architect of the world is a relentless, emotionless beast that is time.  We cant change it stop it or speed it up.  And yet it governs everything we do, feel and see as without time, on a phylosophical level, we don't exist without it, and yet when we design a future scenario, it is thinking about time that makes it possible to imagine what people do.

http://www.globalnomads.eu/new-york-my-love/times-square

In a world that is truly 24hours a day, as the potential abundance of energy would create, a world without the need to follow the sun, but to create our own through the use of lighting.

So its thinking about how we could change the way we use time, through the use of changing the space, and in tern how the way we use it changes the space.  The shops and streets would be occupied all the time, no rest for any built environment, and it is with this idea we need to think of more sustainable ways in building and managing our environment that we create.  

It would not be possible to staff a city of today for 24 hours a day without a significant influx of labour.  So as this is not realistic, shopping would change into something more experiential, and less guided by a team of sales staff but by a few.  Shopping is no longer trawling through racks and racks of stock, when have a sit down and maybe having a drink as a projection of what your clothes look like on you would take up a lot less time and staff, not to mention less materials, and space.

http://www.freegreatpicture.com/jewelry/time-is-money-9944

So a 24 hour city is more concise.  It is more experiential.  It is personalized and individual, while coping with millions of others doing the same thing.

So working around the clock would have to be a norm, but not an equal amount of staff as today, but the same numbers spread over a day/night cycle.  And in doing this, we would need schools and other things to adapt to this modular society.  No-longer all on the same page of time, we would need to foresee the potential for changing everyone to a time-scale that suits their lifestyle.  That would change everything.

http://www.onestopwebmasters.com/top-10-refreshing-summer-wallpaper/

No longer would the cream jobs be about money, but instead lifestyle.  It would be a wealth of time that would dictate the well-off, and a mix of night hours, and a disrupted family cycle that would create the 'poor' of the future.

http://benderochie.wordpress.com/

Time would be the currency most sort after.  Money would still play a part in the job in question, but the time in which you work is the most important.  Efficiency would be brutal, and the efficiency of time is as we see today, become ever more necessary, would become dominant.  We could no-longer afford to slack off at work.  Minutes would be precious.  Economies would be global, as there would be no-longer a separate time scale on the money markets but 24/7.  But in all this as a possibility; I wonder how long it would last.

http://aquilakahecate.blogspot.com.au/2011/10/icarus-weighs-in.html

Would we in gathering unlimited energy, become a culture of Icarus.  Would we fly for too long too high and burn out?  Would be become extinct from working ourselves to death?  Would we want to be forever 'on'?

The power of energy...

So...What would happen???

spandex suit to start...
http://www.vashoo.com/Lady-Gaga-in-white-
spandex-bodysuit-in-Paparazzi-a-197.html

We rely that free energy would make our lives better, cheap, faster.  But what about the rest; what does it really change.

In discussions for project 1 we have looked at a series of changes, some radical, in order to explore what architecture could be, but also, what architecture means, and moreover, what happens to society and culture.  In business Labour, Energy and Materials are the three main inputs into any product.  And if the Energy/Basic Needs are met with free or virtually free inputs, the other two become key.  

Now if energy was free, energy intensive robotic labor saving devices could be employed; so labour hours would become prolific and available.  Whereas Materials are finite, now there is a scope of transmutation or very high energy methods to gain rare materials such as gold and diamonds, but on the whole, materials are finite.  

we could all be tupac...
http://mycoachella.mydesert.com/2012/04/18/tupac-hologram-
coachella-technology-mylar-screen-av-concepts/

So we imagine a world where reduction in material waste is the main driver in design and culture; energy to move, cool, heat or power a place is unlimited so all that remains is to reduce the size and quantity of things that aren't absolutely necessary, or really needed.

So we looked at cars being reduced to a small, self-driven, share-car.  And thats a simple solution, but for retail/clothing, and other areas, its more complicated.  Fashion chews up a massive amount of resources in manufacturing and sourcing material, where energy and therefor water is free, this is less of a problem, but the idea that we would have hundreds of pieces of clothing that need replacing every few years or so seems quite wasteful.  

So I was investigating that fashion, is not about the form, but maybe it becomes about the pattern or logo.  The image on the shirt rather than the shirt itself.  So maybe we inprint a screen of some sort into our clothes, so when we want to change the pieces design, we just upload a new design and the piece lives on.  

how bad a lack of power would be...
http://www.prlog.org/10708988-w
here-to-buy-spandex-bodysuits.html

But even further than that; maybe like a sci-fi dream, we all have spandex suits, but using holographic projections built in to the clothing, we look like we are wearing various forms of clothing whenever we want to change.  A virtual outfit in the material world.  It would be awesome.

Or maybe everyone in spandex is not a good idea...imaging how bad a power-outage would look...

Its all about the layers...

A building or any architectural idea is all about layers.  And as brand puts it, its all about "six S's"; Site, structure, skin, services, space plan, and stuff.

http://www.architecture.uwaterloo.ca/faculty_projects/terri/steel/skyscraper_chicago2.html

Site cannot be changed, it is the setting or location and is in most cases eternal.  Structure is the load bearing elements and this is the part of the building that if you want to follow a sustainability ideal, should be the element that lasts at least 100 years.  That way it saves you money and the environment, and lots of it, in the long run.  And this is something we don't do much in Australia, well in relation to residential architecture.  We build the cheapest result, with the cheapest material, and while it is renewable, it rots, gets eaten, and falls down quickly, in fact 25 years is the expected lifespan.  The skin, as suggested by brand, is replaced every 20 years or so, but if we were to design it to last, to age gracefully, and more importantly, work well than the need to replace at all becomes unnecessary.

Now services, there is not much we can do in the way of making the services last longer other than use quality components that have a long, efficient life.  But when it is time to change I take the words of Wheeler and say, "Loose fit, Long life".  We leave space and access for the services to be easily replaced, and in doing so, extend the life of the building until it is going to fall down or until the market dictates replacement.

http://www.theurbn.com/2012/04/sustainable-retreat/

Now space plan and stuff is doomed.  All that stuff is replaced every week > every few years so what can we do??

Well we can use green products and use them in such a way as to be reusable, and up-cycle-able.  A cradle to cradle approach.  This not only saves money, but the environment as well.

This is the main problem with green-washing I have; if you say its green people use it, but sustainability is more than just green products, its using any product or products regardless of there "green-ness" to make a intervention that will last a lifetime or more, rather than sound green and cost you endless amounts of money to heat and cool, but as long as it uses "renewable timber framing" its all great.

http://onlyinnewmexico.blogspot.com.au/2011/09/green-wash.html

So good design is sustainable, not for the products, but for the design.

And lets not forget what the word means for a second; Sustainable, the ability to sustain.

We can't sustain the house and land, brick and tile scourges any longer, not just for the green environments sake, but for my visual environments sake.

Reference:

Brand, S., 1997. Shearing Layers, in How buildings learn : what happens after they’re built, London: Phoenix Illustrated. pp12-23

Wheeler, T.,  2012.  Seven sensible sayings for green interiors, in Artichoke 39, Melbourne: Architectural Media Pty, Ltd.  pp58-59

What if energy was free???

So, what if it was?

http://sensualblissvoyager.wordpress.com/tag/energy/

I think that there is really only one thing stopping the world becoming equal, and that is energy. With free energy food, water, or any other basic needs will become absolutely plentiful forever. Unlimited resources for all. World poverty and hunger would forever cease. It is something that dreams are made of. As Greengold states "the cost of land vehicle transportation, which is so much of the focus in the press, would drop by 25%-35%. But, in addition, airline costs would plummet as much as 50%". (http://www.greengoldblog.com/2011/05/if-energy-were-free-and-unlimited.html). They go on to state "The price of food would drop and the availability of food would skyrocket. With free and unlimited energy, food could be grown affordably just about anywhere, given that water would be readily available and, where necessary, climate-controlled growing facilities would become inexpensive to operate".

So free energy would be revolutionary, but how?

At this point there is only a few potential options.

http://econews.com.au/tag/renewable-energy/

1:  We install lots and lots of renewable's such as thermal solar power plants, large wind turbine installations and share these resources from country to country to make renewable energy 24hours a day.  Rinse and repeat until there is a massive surplus in the world of energy.  It is possible, and given the outcomes seams actually a fairly cheap option.

http://www.dailytech.com/Purdue+Researchers+Test+New+
Coatings+for+Nuclear+Fusion+Reactors+/article19186.htm

2:  Nuclear Fusion.  This technology is forever "just around the corner" from becoming reliable.  If this technology would prove itself then it would be only the installation cost that the consumer/government would have to provide, afterwards, unlimited clean free energy.  And after building quite a few of them they become cheaper and cheaper until the entire world has access to this unlimited energy.  But this is still waiting on a break through in reliability.  So, time.

So, its only a matter of time, but will we live to see a world that is completely saturated with energy???

Reference:

http://www.quora.com/If-energy-was-free-and-renewable-how-would-the-economy-be-fundamentally-different-from-what-it-is-now

http://www.greengoldblog.com/2011/05/if-energy-were-free-and-unlimited.html

Infrastructure...

http://www.treehugger.com/cars/kitakyushu-where-does-your-old-used-car-end-up.html

So the city evolves.

If we move the cars out, and enrich the walking experience of the city, what happens next? 

The street front then become less important, maybe the shopping experience moves out into the street.  The surface that once was a road becomes something freed from the shackles of the car.  It becomes a stage for food, cafe's, shops, performance spaces, cultural exchange, or something much more.  

http://www.euaustralia.com/2008/01/

It becomes a new way of experiencing a city.  The shop fronts then become less important; they maybe become the walkway themselves, opening up the shops once located within, out into the sunshine and fresh air.

http://www.actbus.net/forum/index.php?topic=963.0

But for this to happen, there needs to be a shift away from how the city works now into something else.  We need more infrastructure to support such a move, one that focuses on mass-transit rather than the car.  Gone will be the express-way's into the city, replaced by train lines and bus way's.  There would need to be suburban hubs where people can gather with express arteries into the city; while a whole network of other mass-transit options are needed to service pedestrians to the hubs.  And this is where a relatively cheap option of clearing the streets of cars becomes very expensive for a city that already lacks sustainable mass-transit.  It is at its maximum ability to service the city now, and the population will only increase exponentially. There are commuters from over 100km's away that need options, and unlike other major cities in Australia, we lack a train connection to most of these commuters.  What would be a beautiful idea needs support from government to re-invent the mass-transit for the whole south east of the state.

http://www.creative-va.com/workvirtual.html

Not that this cannot be done.  But if you get rid of the cars for the sake of the pedestrian spaces left behind, why not another idea.
Why not get rid of the need to even commute to the city or anywhere for that matter?
We already acknowledge that the online retail market is booming, and virtual technologies are fast become a reality; then what about not having to go to work at all?
Do we need to worry about a few streets for pedestrians when we can revolutionize the need for a city at all?

What Density???

http://abcdunlimited.com/ideas/suburbia.html

In looking at density of cities, it is hard to pick what is 'right'.  But there is certain areas of Brisbane that I've lived that I think nail what we should be doing more of or less of, depending on the results.

In the suburbs there is no amenity.  You have to drive everywhere, and I think this is because of the blobs of zoning rather than mixing them up.  There is no employment locally, and at 8am every morning there is a mass exodus from the neighbourhood; increasing the likelihood of crime ect.
Currently I live in a rural area, in a town of about 100 or so people.  There is a handful of jobs in the local area, enough to support a few families.  Farms are vast but are almost solely operated by the owning family.  I have to drive to do almost any shopping; and its not a short distance either.  I would love any mass transit, but as it stands while my local train station has 2 lines, they are only for the use of coal trains.  There used to be a train to Ipswich, but it is replaced by a rail bus once an hour to Rosewood, and then if it shows up, a train from Rosewood to Ipswich.  If I want to get to Brisbane, I need 2 Trains, a bus and over 2 hours.  It takes 1 hour to drive and I can walk from a park.  And while I drive I almost always have a passenger along for the ride.

http://property.mitula.com.au/property/for-rent-greenslopes-australia

Yet there once upon a time I lived at Stones Corner; a wonderfully multi-density festooned urban landscape full of amenity.  I could walk to a selection of super-markets, local shops, take-aways, 24hour shops, bus stops, train stations and a bike path to the city.  I walked everywhere.  There was a massive local park to go running in, and while the block size by today's standards is minuscule weighing in at 400sqm's; I had over 20 productive fruit tree's, more than a dozen chooks, a dog and 4 adults.  All this within a 100sqm house that was built cheaply about 100 years ago but incorporated smart design using light weight materials and cross-ventilation.  It was heaven. 

http://favim.com/image/44789/

So in having a small yard and smaller house, I am able to fit 10 times the density of outer suburbia and a myriad of employment and amenity all within walking distance.  We had it right a hundred years ago; so what happened???
I think the loss of sensible development is due to councils letting money-driven developers to make all the decisions.  What happened to governments governing???
What happened to density???

What is the Ideal???

http://www.pacificmagazines.com.au/Pages/Magazines/
Magazine.aspx?mid=d996964f-747d-44e1-912d-7c741325264d

Reading the latest issue of Monument would have you convinced that the future of cities in Australia is to wipe the slate clean and start again; or is it?
Its suggested that because of catashtophic weather conditions that we would abandon the east coast and settle in the Kimberley region, as this area would be flush with rainfall and fertile farming land.  While this idea is possibly a bit of a leap, the idea of the city function without cars is very interesting.
Through the shear lack of affordability of fuel, we ditch cars for bicycles and walking.  Electric vehicles make an appearance, but are limited to mass transit mainly.  The city buildings incorporate as much green or energy generation.  And instead of wasting spaces, it is suggested that every available space is taken up with shops, local produce stalls and cafe's.  The death of the car and fuel has dried out the population reducing alcohol consumption and has changed the culture to a walk and talk, sit and sip culture.  There is green space everywhere and health problems are a thing of the past due to the active lifestyle that the population take on.
I adore the notion but feel that there is no need for the dramatic loss of the east coast to start this reformation.  We need to embrace local living, eating and growing.  We need to encourage our city to serve us not ignore the world around and become internal.  We need to embrace a healthier lifestyle without being forced at gun point.  We need to make our cities walkable, breathable, and livable.  Not ignore the CBD for only a place to work and get drunk in.
We need to change; sooner rather than later.  Or do we have to wait for the world to end to believe we can?

The Ants around a Sugar-cube...

http://ambassadorpestm.blogspot.com.au/

The thought of taking the CBD streets off cars is not a new one; but I think it is already happening, with or without a congestion tax.  And that is through simply charging way too much for parking.
The streets of Brisbane are all but cleared of parks for bus zones, taxi zones, loading zones, clearways and no standing.  And the ones left are $4 an hour minimum.  The multilevel parking facilities don't offer an alternative either, with some charging up to $40 an hour!

So even now, the cost of entering the city with a vehicle is causing a mass zoning of parking out of the city and busing or ferrying it the last little bit.  The areas of kangaroo point, west end and Toowong/UQ are heavily abused by city working drivers now, and in the future only putting limited time meters is going to stop it.  The ants around the sugar-cube effect.

http://guyism.com/lifestyle/guilty-pleasures-
men-usually-wont-admit-to.html/attachment/
man-shopping-online

http://daydaily.com/2012/07/23/women-
shoe-shopping-turning-the-chore-into-fun/

This guy shops online.
http://forum.santabanta.com/showthread.htm?
189613-Male-bras-give-man-B00Bs-a-makeover

In the Suburban talk we looked at gender specific shopping.  Girls like the experience of shopping, possibly in groups as a social thing, whereas guys tend to know what size they are and dont really enjoy trying stuff on or lots of customer service attention so as a result men are fast becoming the bulk of the online shoppers.  The call of guilt free purchasing without judgment is probably too much for some, but also, guys don't like to try different stuff on, we develop a style and stick with it.  Just look at how many middle-aged men in the city still look like they come out of the 80's.  Yet woman like staying on top of latest trends and looking fresh and young, this is probably from our skewed view of what is beautiful.

http://www.blakeralph.com/woodford-festival

http://panoptikal.blogspot.com.au/2009_09_01_archive.html

Looking at making Woodford self-sustainable we looked at making the music scene in Woodford sustainable by having the folk festival every weekend, and attaching a music school and also a creative arts school to facilitate ongoing talent and a place for musicians of Brisbane to release their music to the world.
In developing this idea we suggested that the stage be the center of the new university and the buildings organically spread out from the center that is the stage.  We likened this to the development of European cities, like Milan, organically from the place of worship in the middle, fronted by a square for congregation, surrounded by supporting development.
From these insights we developed quite far out and futuristic technologically driven outcomes, and this helped with my own personal development.
Wait for future installments to see where I'm heading...

The Million Dollar Mire...

So when I’m asked how i can do so much and still function, the answer is simple; I just do.  And that is my point; if you wanted to do it, you'd already be doing it.  The only thing in people’s way is themselves.

http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-photo-pile-bricks-image264405

So it irks me when i ask someone when they are building a house why they don’t get an architect.  Most say because architects are so expensive, without even knowing how much they cost, and the rest just reply that, "a package deal is just easier".  So if you wanted a good house, you would already have one, instead you have a glossy brochure special steaming pile of brick and tile shit.  And the answer is simple; you should’ve got an architect.
 

http://jeanspante.co/user_women_lykra_view.php

You wouldn’t trust someone with $500000 if they asked for it, but yet people do all the time, for something that doesn’t exist; and will never exist how it was promised.  But that is exactly what you’re doing trusting the builder without an architect to build anything.  The builder is not out to make your house everything you want, he’s out to make money, that’s it.  If there is no-one with any expertise there to make sure the job is done right, then he simply doesn’t have to.  Why pay half a million dollars, when you have no expertise at all helping make sure it what you need and want.  It’s pure madness.

Most people won’t even go and buy jeans without someone helping them pick them out; and that’s something that if its shiet, then its 50bucks and an embarrassing night out.  Yet when confronted with a half a million dollar gamble, most people just chuck it down wherever the guy making the money suggests.  YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG!!!

http://lovefunnypictures.com/funny-pic-Donkey_Cart_Accident.php

An architect will make sure that the builder is skilled enough, and understands the details completely, and understands that anything less than perfect is not good enough.  The architect is YOUR representative in the whole process, and will be batting for the perfect place for you, without compromise.

If i told you that for 100000 i could give you a donkey that shits gold bricks, but you couldn’t see it till i had the money in my hand, would you give me the money.
Maybe you would if the brochure was glossy enough...

Vanity???

It is a thing of beauty...
http://www.seriouswheels.com/2009/def/2009-Ferrari-Scuderia
-Spider-16M-Red-Rear-Angle-1280x960.htm

One quick question.  What is the point of a convertible Ferrari?  Sure a Ferrari is fast and beautiful.  But its very purpose is to go as fast as possible; but to make it a convertible is to compromise its performance a great deal, because of the stiffening required to not have a roof.  So in essence the very point of a convertible is to not go fast, but to show everyone else that "Hey, I have a Ferrari".

Vane much?

Yep...That's what bad taste looks like...
http://www.ohioverticals.com/blogs/car_chase/2010/07/
what-kind-of-car-will-lebron-drive-out-of-town/

Or maybe; its the wind in the hair experience, now i can understand a design based on the  experience of its use.  But then you would be driving somewhere where driving is great, like, up in the hills, along a coastal road maybe, not doing laps in the valley.

And so, that's my point, while this is a tool made for amazing experiences, there is no shortage of tasteless douche bags to fuck it up for the rest of humanity.

Que Lebron James...

I'm Designer...

http://subodai.deviantart.com/art/I-m-Designer-QOTSA-100730444

So music is where it’s at.  well it is for me.  And i think the reason why architecture is so miss-understood is just like music.  Music is noise to most people; Sound to get them through the day, to move them, to make them exercise; nothing more. 

But to a musician, music is so much more.  It’s like a painting of sounds, all complicated and intermeshed into one fabric, into one snapshot of an emotion or feeling; Or an experience. 

http://desgeeksetdeslettres.com/blog/jeux-medias/
mes-meilleures-ost-anime-et-musiques-jeux-part-2

And this is where people miss out.  It is phenomenally complicated in its entirety, and even most musicians barely understand a very small amount of it.  Like the way sound works, or sound is made.  The way instruments function or why they are.  The history, and even; where did music come from.  And architecture is the same.  

 We are not just creating a product, available from iTunes, or as most people would assume, delphin.  Most of that shit is exactly that; shit; a design for a blank block of nothingness. 

Design is more than that. 

It’s capturing the needs and wants of the users. 

The lifestyle of its inhabitants.

http://www.galleryoftheabsurd.com/karl-lagerfeld/

A style of the now, or of a time.

Its materials, products, spaces, emotions, philosophies, emotions, and even phycology of the space, not just a product or image, but snapshots in time, for all time, for all users, forever; Well, as close as possible to. 

And that’s why we’re all pretty much insane as architects.  Because just to a very small and broad understanding of what architecture is and what it can be, it’s immense.  And to delve deeper, is to understand so much of the world all at once, that one has only one option but to be a little crazy.

It’s an obsession, but one i love every second of.  .

Because, I’m designer…

And Now...The Ego...

Does ego drive everything we do? And how does culture affect the ideals.   And the level that ego becomes relevant?  Maybe it’s because we believe that we’ve made the cut, or achieved something spectacular, or maybe it’s that we appear to be one of the beautiful.  The images of perfect people, Jammed down our throats as culture, everything seemingly perfect; everything false and a lie.   It's all advertising.   It's all egos.   It's all out of sight and out of mind.   So, why are we here and what are we doing here?

http://www.portofficehotel.com.au/Port-Office-Hotel-Bars/index.html

I mean; I can list qualities but the interpretation is all yours; I know I'm very real of my capabilities and charms. It makes me able to observe with ego-less impunity.  Why is sitting alone in a bar seen as a weird thing.   I'm not a sad drunk.   I'm just a man that needs to think and the thrill of observing drunken people struggle with simple tasks.   I love alcohol.   It clouds my thoughts and quiets my mind.   But for others it’s a world of egotistical awesomeness the world has never seen.   And I like to watch.   

I'm a social voyeur.   A sucker for a pulled punched and a sloppy intention.  

Or is that just my ego?

It seems we like to be self-destructive; unable to face what is right in front of us as a very real solution.  After my trip to Europe all my observation of our culture became clearer; or maybe just skewed; like I was looking at it all through contorted glass.  It’s no wonder that we seem like bags of money to Europeans.   We have a culture of excess and self-destruction.   Fuck we are clueless.   Example: A girl is obviously attracted to a guy.   She points with her body.   She's so into him it hurts.   But he's too trashed.   Probably hurt from a lack of love and companionship.   He is completely blind; and maybe that why we are getting into each other and making a connection, our Language is unused and flaccid; we are dulled, Sullied,   and destroyed.    

http://www.deltahpc.com/cave.html

One day; we will once again become visual cave men, Unable to express the intention, the affection, and the desire.   Because we are more concerned with the image, the want and need, and not the here and now; a porno image of expectation when reality exists right in front of our eye's and is left wanting;  Left dying before us, Because we are so blind,  So self-important, Yet so beautiful.  We are heading to a world of visual avatars; because the real is not enough?  We as a society try to cloud our own view to alleviate reality, to insert what we wish were true.   Europe covers everything up with an image, a coat, a label, a look; but we ignore the real and completely reconstruct our world in the digital realm.

I think this is why OCD exists, because of this need for a perfect image; a perfect finish; a perfect solution.   It doesn't exist.   Or maybe it's just good intention.  Or maybe it does but we are trying too hard not to find it.

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And I’m reminded of a quote on Facebook from my friend Talisa Warnes; “You can’t save a damsel if she loves her distress.”  So maybe that’s just it; we need our drama, we miss the hunt, the thrill of the chase, the desire to survive.  Everything has become too safe, so we invent TV shows to create the drama, but more relevant; we build shit houses because the imperfect nature makes us feel like we are always fixing, and maybe that we are still worthwhile.
Seems like a waste to me…