How a house represents emotional attitude..

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...

Abandonment (disambiguation)

abandonment
to cease trying to continue; desist from



disambiguation
clarification that follows from the removal of ambiguity
clarification, elucidation, illumination
an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding