Jin Darvek

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Jin Darvek is currently reading

The Structure of the Ordinary: Form and Control in the Built Environment

by N.J. Habraken

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Mar 30, 2026 08:30AM

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The Luminous Ground

by Christopher W. Alexander

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"When we look at really good color compositions, ones that shine with inner light, we get a glimpse of the eye of the I, the ground of all being to which our individual experience of self belongs." — Apr 15, 2026 12:02PM

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Jin’s Quotes

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
― Elizabeth Appell

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“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: friendship, lack-of-friendship, lack-of-love, love, marriage, unhappy-marriage

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“Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

tags: activism, service

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