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Our [Natural] Desire for the Idealistic Life
When I was younger, I would spent a lot of time at my family’s house on Lake Gaston in North Carolina. Some of my fondest memories are of the times we would take Saturday afternoon cruises acros… more →
Derek S. McLamb
New Ascetics
wrote 1 week ago: by Fred Abler Something small is happening. A generation of young people have come down with ‘cabin … more →
Finishing a Novel
wrote 2 months ago: Today has been a great day – both as for the writing and the rest of it. This morning I had one of t … more →
the architecture of happiness
wrote 2 months ago: (De Botton has a presentation given on The Architecture of Happiness - the remaining videos can als … more →
people who inspire :: Jason Mraz
wrote 2 months ago: Jason Mraz‘s first studio album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come, came out just about ten years … more →
Our [Natural] Desire for the Idealistic Life
wrote 3 months ago: When I was younger, I would spent a lot of time at my family’s house on Lake Gaston in North C … more →
I paint
wrote 3 months ago: Since I was young, I was in love with the idea of making visual art. My sister is a phenomenal visu … more →
Alain de Botton On Religion for Atheists
wrote 3 months ago: By The School of Life Alain de Botton is a non-believer. Yet he argues religions have important thin … more →
The Significance of the Individual Perspective
wrote 4 months ago: If you have read some of my previous posts, then you know about this new book I’m reading titl … more →
Architecture As Philosophy: Who We Might Ideally Be
wrote 4 months ago: Belief in the significance of architecture is premised on the notion that we are, for better or for … more →
The Architecture of Happiness
wrote 4 months ago: When it comes to books, I tend to stick with a couple of topic areas – business/marketing, lif … more →
Book Therapy: London
wrote 6 months ago: By Carey Reed Zamarriego Fiction to free you from work frustrations? A tome to treat tension … more →
In Praise of My Cocktail Shaker (Part Two)
wrote 8 months ago: Do the things around you shape your life? Switch you on? Make you you? My little cocktail shaker i … more →
Day 755 January 25 2011
wrote 1 year ago: “It was to these machines that his books accorded the reverential photographs which previous a … more →
The Architecture of Happiness by Alain De Botton
wrote 1 year ago: The Architecture of Happiness and writing. I first became a real fan of Alain de Botton’s writing in … more →
Blue Sky - Living Architecture
wrote 1 year ago: The Balancing Barn in Suffolk England by MVRDV About 24 years ago, I travelled to England to surpris … more →
round trip...
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wrote 1 year ago: In plain sight, a writer sits at a desk in the middle of Heathrow Airport’s terminal 5. Alain … more →
No. 11, "How Proust Can Change Your Life"
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wrote 1 year ago: Last year for my birthday, my best friend Juliette presented me with a book titled The Architecture … more →
Books I
wrote 1 year ago: Things have gone a bit quiet on the blog, but this is not entirely my fault — I’ve been … more →
If I studied at UST, I would have been an architect by now.
wrote 2 years ago: I love how Alain de Botton unifies architecture, psychology and philosophy in one book. In “Th … more →
