Never read “The Gulag Archipelago“… but loved “One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich“… always remember his advice from “One Day…” about how to survive in tough conditions - do everything slowly.
There was a joke back then… in the Soviet times… about a Russian boy… from the 21st century… asking his father: “Dad… who’s [...]
First, let me state the obvious: all I do - is co-doing… with my partners, team, my wife and the people I meet, read, and follow. This post was, in fact, suggested by one of my partners. So here it is…
December 1991 - I write (in this paper) that “There is no … author/audience … no [...]
I hate calendars - never used them effectively. Don’t want to manage time. If I had the power, I’d ignore time. If there was God - he probably would have ignored time (my guess).
I often think of Google with their refusal to manage 20% of their own time. Might this be a “Beta”… precursor of how Google may start non-managing 100% [...]
Squirrel Eating A Walnut… - More amazing video clips are a click away
My brother emailed me this picture…
And here are our home made eggs…
We had onions, scallions, and mushrooms only… But we always have plenty of olive oil, balsamic vinegar, bread, and red wine.
It may be the spring… or may be the little guy was kind of sad for some other reason… BTW, he is recovering from a recent wound on his back…
Talking Squirrel - For more funny movies, click here
This is a rant. It’s not an essay. I am not proving anything. I just say what is on my mind. If you don’t want to read it, you’re welcome to leave my blog right now. I am not happy either with these thoughts flooding my head on 9/11.
I am really, really fed up with [...]
This is Gina’s strudel… this is not a “strudel” photo from Flickr.
I take full responsibilty for the quality of this photo…
An online test recently defined me as a “considerate idealist.” I liked that. It is very close to what I am thinking of myself.
I also identify with what Robert Wright describes as “progressive realism” in his recent New York Times article.
In my previous life under a communist regime, I almost inevitably would bring a conversation [...]
Illustration by E.S.
First published in:
Dimensions, no 7 (1993), 70-71
Journal of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Aditya Sood (Editor of Dimensions at that time) called my article “The Anti-Architecture Manifesto.”
Why Useless Architecture?
If architecture is “locked” in the “universal chain” of mutual “exploitation” and “channeling” of human life - [...]
The original rather pretentious title (I was young then) was:
“To-wards An Old/New Way of Thinking, Writing, Designing…”
1991 (previously unpublished)
“…the validity, usefulness, adequacy of popular standards can be tested by research that violates them…” (Paul Feyerabend)
illustration by E.S.
Discipline
Stumbling. However, quite revealing as experience – in Professor Senkevitch’s class on “Thresholds of Architectural Thought…” students have to [...]
Emil Sotirov
Boston, Massachusetts
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