It Is Possible To Make Buildings By

The Difference Between The Novice And The Master Is Simply That The Novice Has Not Learnt, Yet, How To Do Things In Such A Way That He Can Afford To Make Small Mistakes. The Master Knows That The Sequence Of His Actions Will Always Allow Him To Cover His Mistakes A Little Further Down The Line. It Is This Simple But Essential Knowledge Which Gives The Work Of A Master Carpenter Its Wonderful, Smooth, Relaxed, And Almost Unconcerned Simplicity.

The Specific Patterns, Out Of Which A Building Or A Town Is Made May Be Alive Or Dead. To The Extent They Are Alive, They Let Our Inner Forces Loose, And, Set Us Free; But When They Are Dead They Keep Us Locked In Inner Conflict.

It Is Possible To Make Buildings By Stringing Together Patterns, In A Rather Loose Way. A Building Made Like This, Is An Assembly Of Patterns. It Is Not Dense. It Is Not Profound. But It Is Also Possible To Put Patterns Together In Such A Way That Many Patterns Overlap In The Same Physical Space: The Building Is Very Dense; It Has Many Meanings Captured In A Small Space; And Through This Density, It Becomes Profound.

All Matter/space Has Some Degree Of "self" In It, And This Self, Or Anyway Some Aspect Of The Personal, Is Something Which Infuses All Matter/space And Everything We Know As Matter But Now Think To Be Mechanical.

Speaking As A Builder, If You Start Something, You Must Have A Vision Of The Thing Which Arises From Your Instinct About Preserving And Enhancing What Is There.