Re: Amphibious Codes

On Fri, 13 Jan 1995 17:42:45 -0500, John Young wrote:

>   Lebbeus has written of the obligation of the designer to go
>   beyond what a client requires to the interests of the
>   public as the designer elects to define them.  Clients get
>   spooked by this, thinking that their needs come first as
>   the bill-payer.

On Thu, 12 Jan 1995  Re: oil and architecture  John Young wrote:

>A note for the record:  Lebbeus disdains comparisons of his work to mere
>earthly reality, mine are to goad him, and I covertly acknowledge that his
>worlds are far beyond comforting mundane parallels.  His devilish alchemic
>artistry is to foster a search of our own dread worlds in trail of his
>wide-ranging experimentations.

>Now, this is induced by his drawings and paintings and models and wagnerian
>performance, not only his text.  So be sure to catch the whole tumultous
>show for full-bore disintegration of peace of mind and heart -- worm your
>way into his itinerant sanctum.