Finally Let it be

Wiley 2022-10-03 22:58:22

It is very touching. I can only say that this is the charm of the documentary. The author of the documentary is also a seeker. He is like a special audience, and he slowly goes deep into the topic with us to find the core.

Nathaniel's eyes said it all. At the beginning of the search, his eyes were very hard and full of doubts. Maybe as he said, his father was a mystery. From the few words he learned, he could not guess him at all. Maybe he would still have some hatred when thinking of his father. meaning. In the end, something the Bangladeshi architect said to him finally made something soft in his eyes.

Maybe he still questioned his father, but he could finally let go.



In fact, this documentary touched me from outside the architecture. Compared with the works of the master, I am more interested in his heart, the heart reflected by his actions, his handling of emotions and family, to a large extent, will reflect some of his uncertainty and other things. I've always been curious about this, how a person can make himself strong enough to actively not respond to those who love him and also exile himself like an ascetic to release his emotions on some big concepts. What kind of emotional, psychological activity is this?
I really hope that someone can answer, I can understand in my lifetime, I also have similar things that need to be relieved, people who need to understand, I hope that one day I can understand.

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  • Louis Kahn: A work of art... is not a living thing... that walks or runs. But the making of a life. That which gives you a reaction. To some it is the wonder of man's fingers. To some it is the wonder of the mind. To some it is the wonder of technique. And to some it is how real it is. To some, how transcendent it is. Like the 5th Symphony, it presents itself with a feeling that you know it, if you have heard it once. And you look for it, and though you know it you must hear it again. Though you know it you must see it again. Truly, a work of art is one that tells us that Nature cannot make what man can make.

  • Louis Kahn: When you want to give something presence, you have to consult nature. And there is where design comes in. If you think of brick, for instance, you say to brick, "What do you want, brick?" And brick says to you, "I like an arch." And if you say to brick, "Look, arches are expensive, and I can use a concrete lintel over you. What do you think of that, brick?" brick says, "I like an arch."

    [Students laugh]

    Louis Kahn: And it's important, you see, that you honor the material that you use. You don't bandy it around as though you said, "Well, we have a lot of material around. We can do it one way, we can do it another." It's not true. You can only do it if you honor the brick, and glorify the brick, instead of just shortchanging it.

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