Was speaking to a friend and client the other day on how to approach her new house project.
What were her goals/what did she "want it to be".....seemed timely; coming at the end of one and the the beginning of the next year. I am not sure why I/We get hung up in marking the years with beginnings/ends, but I do. Maybe it is an opportunity to start fresh and renewed, a reset, a chance to raise your stewing epiphanies and set them into motion. Scrape new tracks or push the cart back into ones that were doing the job but somehow fell away from you. Part of our discussion (maybe what struck me most deeply) was the concept of what to design and also by design what "not to do" .....leaving/preserving resources and space for a "well lived life". Wanting spaces and environments that work and inspire (and are just plain COOL) and also leave enough quid in your purse to travel/experience/LIVE.
What were her goals/what did she "want it to be".....seemed timely; coming at the end of one and the the beginning of the next year. I am not sure why I/We get hung up in marking the years with beginnings/ends, but I do. Maybe it is an opportunity to start fresh and renewed, a reset, a chance to raise your stewing epiphanies and set them into motion. Scrape new tracks or push the cart back into ones that were doing the job but somehow fell away from you. Part of our discussion (maybe what struck me most deeply) was the concept of what to design and also by design what "not to do" .....leaving/preserving resources and space for a "well lived life". Wanting spaces and environments that work and inspire (and are just plain COOL) and also leave enough quid in your purse to travel/experience/LIVE.
The search for BALANCE will not be solved permanently any time soon. Part of the nature of that beast is that it needs maintenance and prodding and constant FEEDING. Like its brother beast of CREATIVITY with much the same needs.....pushing, pruning, feeding, piquing and testing and then more FEEDING.
DAZZLING WITH HIGH FLYING FEATS AND FLIPS NO LONGER CUTS IT
BUT VALUING EXPERIENCES
LETTING THE HALCYON EMBERS WARM YOUR FOUNDATIONS
AND SOME THINGS ARE CONSTANT.....DREAMING BY MY POOL OF BLUE
CLASSICS INFORMING
OUTLOOKS INSPIRING
AND LEARNING THAT MANY HANDS NOT ONLY MAKE LIGHT WORK BUT MAKE THE LIGHT YOU HAVE WORK BETTER
KNOWING WHICH TOOLS TO BRING TO THE JOB
AND WHICH BOX TO CARRY THEM IN
NEW VIEW POINTS
AND NEW WAYS TO FRAME THE VIEW
AND KNOWING WHEN THE DESIGN GETS IN THE WAY OF THE VIEW OR WHEN THE DESIGN IS THE VIEW
COMING SOON.....
An island of Calm
The Back 40
STAY TUNED.....MORE TO COME
