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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.

I’m now on the ~100pg essay about making color which has the divine quality of inner light.

We’ll see.

Unpacking how early American architectural and urban form follow from political economy.
Reminds me of C. Wright Mills, whose sociological imagination is echoed here in Mumford’s Architectural one.
Really good so far.

Reading at the pace set by the Building Beauty webinar lecture series. It’s 2 chapters a week. I’ll finish this and book 4 by the end of May.

I long for Zora.

Rereading this now that I have a physical copy.

These lectures aren’t just excellent,
They’re also free:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE...

Touching grass, benefits of, scientific evidence.

“At the end of the day, the production of visual art is unlikely to be transformed in quite the same way as the market for handbags or fancy dresses.
The latter are functional items.
Thus, it is comparatively easy to redefine what counts as desirable, as long as they maintain their core utility.

In contrast to this, *the main function of contemporary visual art is that it serves as…
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