The Free For All
To convince you to read Ian Nairn, the great sui generis British architectural critic, I give you the front cover and back cover blurbs of the re-released Outrage, which details Nairn’s voyage through Britain’s suburbia—what he calls, “Subtopia.” He defines this as “a mean and middle state, neither town nor country, an even spread of abandoned aerodromes and fake rusticity, wire fences, traffic roundabouts, gratuitous notice-boards, carparks and Things in Fields.” His book on Paris is superb as well. Find it.
“Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.”- Jalal Ud-Din Rumi.Certainty is a trap!
I was in a meeting yesterday when we got the news that a U.S Senator had been thrown to the ground and handcuffed during a press conference. One of my colleagues said, “It is time. We all need to step up for some planned audacity.” I loved this phrase.
Go out and plan some audacity this weekend!
