Today's mood…

“That's the secret of good writing.” That is what I heard this morning, in the midst of an insomnia episode, watching “Luckiest Girl Alive”. It really stuck with me, to the point where I wanted to put it immediately to the test. “Write Like Nobody is Reading — That’s the…

Eso es lo que dice mi madre y mi abuela. — Pienso mucho en escribir. Escribo poco. ¿Por qué? Pues por cobarde, ¿que más? Claro, tengo una carrera que cada día me demanda más. Aquí ando huyendo de ella porque me siento viva cuando evito hacer lo que tengo que hacer. [Adicción tóxica desarrollada en reacción de mi rebeldía incesante!] O…

A low-key haunted house guide for Spooky Season — Claustrophobia This one is a classic. Small, tight spaces percolate your anxiety and induce a depressive state. If you place your walls right, you might induce a sense of dread and desperation. Dead Ends Humans have strong feelings about ends, even mentally produced ones. So you can imagine how terrifying it can be…

A huge mystery unfolds at the root of denying Eurocentrism logic. — I first came across this image in an old book: “The contours of the architecture have been eroded by the elements, the site turned to pasture and farmland. The largest theatre — probably set into a meteoric crater — accommodated as many as 60,000 people. Nothing is known about the kind of spectacle performed.” From “Architecture Without Architects” by Bernard…

This runs deeper than the water inland. — The brink of dawn. The storm has passed. It is always the next day of a hurricane that the real pain begins. The day after is…

I want to talk to an audience, not an echo chamber. Architecture is often associated, like the world of art, with a lot of pretentiousness. The whole discussion of building vs. architecture can hint at the sort of pedantic level that the discipline enables. It is tough — the artist/architect…

Let me explain. You can still have an unruly underwear drawer. — The tale of a young professional, “I had it all, and I was still unhappy — so I threw everything away!”. That is not my story. While I am a on-my-way to success young professional — I am a happy person and I have most of it “all”. I love…

Stop using it as an excuse to accept mediocrity If you got past the title then welcome! I promise this isn’t a rant about self-pity and lack of self awareness… Just kidding — I couldn’t possibly be the judge of that. This article is about how the desire to be…