Monday, April 30, 2012


"We must free ourselves from the sacralization of the social as 
the only reality and stop regarding as superfluous something so 
essential in human life and human relations as thought."
- Michel Foucault, French philosopher, social theorist and historian of ideas







Cafe, Amsterdam. 

Sunday, February 26, 2012

"Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that 
will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility."
- Saint Augustine, Latin philosopher and theologian from Roman Africa.









NYC high rise building.

Saturday, February 25, 2012

"Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis."
- Samuel Alexander, Australian-born British philosopher






Architecture. London, England

Thursday, February 23, 2012

"There's no black and white situation. 
It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles."
- Van Morrison, musician 








Guggenheim Museum of Art, NYC.

Saturday, February 18, 2012

 
"As it enters the ear, does it come in like broken glass
or does it come in like honey?"
- Eddie Condon, musician








The Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto. Crystal extension by Michael Lee-Chin.  




Thursday, February 16, 2012


"Color in certain places has the great value of making 
the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic."
- Antonio Gaudi, Spanish architect 






Casa Batlló, Barcelona, Spain. By Gaudi

Monday, February 13, 2012

"Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion
when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers."
- Herbert Hover. 







Artists Handmade Houses, book. Photography by Don Freeman.