A few weeks ago, on a sunny but breezy day, Mike and I strolled passed Gund Hall, Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. On the sidewalk there were a bunch of students carefully building a structure out of 2×4 blocks.
I don’t know if it was a demonstration or a random project – Mike says it probably has something to do with parametric modeling. Either way, it definitely attracted some onlookers, including a blogger with a camera, and the students just kept on building, ignoring all distractions.
I am impressed by the patience that had to go into creating this. And even more impressive is the fact that a bunch of 2X4’s lightly placed on top of one another can create something so sturdy yet so delicate – it seemed like those things would have crumbled like Jenga blocks if I got too close.
Last Tuesday my little brother had successful open heart surgery due to a newly discovered murmur that he was born with. As a lifelong, tremendous athlete, it is a miracle that his body adapted so well to a heart that had to work four times as hard as everyone else’s. And now that it’s fixed, there’s no limit to what he’ll be able to do.
It really is amazing what you can accomplish when you are ignorant to your disadvantages. Imagine what we could do if we just ignored the ones we can see plainly in our way…
I am so glad to hear your brother is doing well. I hope he is back up to athletic form as soon as possible!
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Wow! I wonder if it would crumble if someone brushed by it.
Also, that’s amazing about your brother. So glad he weathered the surgery OK! I had a good friend who had part of her BRAIN removed last week due to a brain tumor, and she got to go home from the hospital two days later! With part of her frontal lobe missing! Miraculous.
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This was a beautiful post. Its very rare that i actually stop at the end of a post and think wow, that was really well written!
So much architecture is just like that, delicate yet with incredible strength.
So happy your brother is doing well! My grandma had a quarter of her lung removed and was on a plane visiting us, carrying around all her luggage 2 days later.
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I am so happy to hear that about your brother. You must be beyond relieved that the surgery was a success! It’s amazing what modern medicine can do.
What a cool project. Reminds me a little of Buddhist mandalas.
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ah! AMAZING about your brother, that is great news.
and this pile of wood? i’d fall down and knock it over, i would bet my iphone on it (well, if it wasn’t cracked). =)
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i’m glad to hear that your brother is doing well, thank goodness!
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