No windows on the outside, open on the inside, into a patio, a secret intimate life. And then the rooms all linked together by this patio. Luxury concealed. Thoughts concealed.
-Nin on "Oriental" homes.. via Spengler on the relation between architecture and the character of the people...
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Friday, January 21, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Chinese wisdom
Chinese definition of wisdom, wisdom being the destruction of idealism. The basis of insincerity is the idealized image we hold of ourselves and wish to impose upon others - an admirable image.
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