My Zen View

May 5th, 2009 | 4 Comments | Home |

One of the chapters in Christpher Alexander’s “A Pattern Language” is “Zen View.” A simple explanation of it is, if you have a beautiful view available to you wall most of it off. Then leave a narrow window or cut-through so that as you walk by you catch a fleeting glance of it. The idea is, if you see it all the time it ceases to be special and becomes just part of the wallpaper. This is mine, as I pass through my music room on the way upstairs, and see the wisteria blooming out of two corner windows. viewmach-zehnder

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4 Responses to ' My Zen View '

  • on May 5th, 2009 at 10:23 am
    J. West wrote,

    Tom?
    Tom from BW McGee???

  • on May 5th, 2009 at 11:18 am
    tom wrote,

    None other. Is this J. West formerly of Kohler Hall?

  • on May 5th, 2009 at 11:38 am
    J. West wrote,

    Room 108?

  • on May 5th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
    tom wrote,

    Close enough…

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