12 Weeks Later: Musings on Studio and Architecture

Translation:

RANDOM THOUGHT - HOW WOULD YOU SKETCH THE CHANGE OF STATE SEEN IN ICE IN JUST ONE IMAGE?

I think I looked a little crazy @ Anjung Budi today after class. Ended up asking myself some questions aloud and giving random comments out loud like "You've got to be kidding me!" and "Now that's alot!". Caught me by surprise actually. Owh yes, and regarding ice cubes (or rather ice cylinders most of the times in cafes) I held one up with a straw through it and stared at it intently. I hope no one near me got scared or something. And yes, I tend to wander off alone sometimes to think. My mind is never quiet. EVER. Is this what studio does to you? I think it's more of a combo of myself and studio. I can live with it. (: It's fun in a weird way.

Cheers!

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I went to PHS1 today and wandered among the shelves of the Arts and Social Sciences section on Level 2. I was blown away. By scanning the titles, I realise how much dormant knowledge and thought is just waiting to jump up to life. The thoughts of these great people that was penned on paper (that may or may not be alive - either way, they are no where near the readers) is just waiting to be integrated with the thoughts of the reader.

Another thing was, at the end of the 45 minutes of my careless ramble among the shelves, I remembered how much I love art. Art history, art critique, impressionism, and the madness/talent of Van Gogh all came flooding back to memory. Suddenly I was just yearning to study art instead of architecture (no offence). 3 seconds later, this silly girl (yours truly) realised (again - yes you can now see how silly I am) that architecture is art. It encompasses a whole lot of areas in art I believe. Architecture is not just about plonking some concrete onto the earth and saying 'voila, there you go', it involves aesthetics, critique, the social sciences related to architecture, etc.

I hope I got that right. Maybe I have a problem transferring my thoughts to written words.

Anyhow, I'm slightly liberated and hopefully this revelation (or reminder) will bring me far in learning and living.

I borrowed two books today:

'Of Mice and Men' by John Steinbeck and 'Creative Development: Five lectures to Art Students' by Reg Butler. Hope they do me good and I dare say they will!