Tag: architecture
Atoms and the Void: A Review of Interventions 2020
The idea presiding in Houellebecq is that the worship of individual autonomy destroys love. If love is the meaning of life, then a society bent on autonomy for its members will tend to rob life of meaning. “Once you’ve said it, it sounds obvious,” Houellebecq said in another context, “but I wanted to say it.”
Notre Dame and the Need for the Past
We know now that much of the Notre Dame Cathedral survived and that it will be rebuilt. But while the fire at the Notre...
The American Bookstore: Prologue
Some months ago I stood in a basement bookstore in suburban Maryland and pondered a relic of the 1960s, an artifact of dubious worth...
AirSpace Colonizes the College Town
As a localist and a voracious reader, it is only natural that I would be deeply devoted to my local independent bookstore. Here in...
A Space for Children in the Home
“If children do not have space to release a tremendous amount of energy when they need to, they will drive themselves and everybody else...
Entropy Made Visible
Since Stewart posted a terrific video about the death of bee colonies from "TED," I thought I'd post my own favorite from that site...