FORCE(fullness)

THE SENSE OF PUSH. AND PULL. AND PLAY Sometimes, in the strength of the passionate moment, there’s a need for force. FORCE ACTIVATES. And force could captivate. Enchantment: As the energy passes through, by your presence, the notation of momentum pushes the...

LIGHTNING STRIKE

THE BRIGHT IDEA IS IT THAT THE GREAT IDEA IS A LIGHTNING STRIKE OR A BUILDING STORM? I was contemplating — the sequence of brilliant ideas — how they emerge, the sparking of them. Is it the storm that slowing builds an electrical charge, or could it be the...

MAKING YOUR WAY

Photo by Tim Girvin ARE YOU? I WONDER if I am. Making my way? Do I truly make, my way? As I’m heading into the mists of the mountains, a great passage is emerging. That might be the actual mountain pass — it’s coming; but then it might be the passing...

THE RED DOOR

SIGNALING THE POINT OF ENTRY In Sweden, there is a distinct red that is used in farmhouse buildings. It took a taxi driver, coming in from the country, driving me to Stockholm, to figure it out. What is that red? In fact, most of the farms use the same color, a nearly...

THE MEASUREMENT OF FLOW

Photo by Tim Girvin HOW FLOW WORKS Earlier, I corresponded with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, the scholar and author of “Flow.” His studies of the concept of flow and the optimal experience are legendarily groundbreaking. I found the idea of the perfected...

MAINTAINING

Photo by Tim Girvin SOMETIMES, IT’S BETTER LEFT UNDONE WALKING OUT THE OLD WAY, BACK BEHIND THE SHEDS AND BY WAYS OF THE MODERN I saw this old door, and was reminded that perhaps it’s better to leave things be, let them show their age, turning down —...