"And if you think of Brick, for instance,
and 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 lentil over you.
What do you think of that?"
"Brick?"
Brick says:
"... I like an Arch"
LOUIS KAHN
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"...At heart, I am a Byzantine..."
CARLO SCARPA
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photo:
byzantine masonry
St. Nicholas Church at Curtea de Arges, Romania
Biserica Sf. Nicolae Domnesc (Curtea Domnească )
Curtea de Arges
1340-1376
[built probably by master builders from Constantinople,
for the Princely Court of Basarab I of Wallachia]
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I was so very aware
that the afternoon was dying in the domes,
and all around me sounds froze,
turned to winding pillars.
I was so very aware
that the undulant drift of scents
was collapsing into darkness,
and it seemed I had never tasted
the cold.
Suddenly
I awoke so far away
and strange,
wandering behind my face
as though I had hidden my feelings
in the sensless relief of the moon.
I was so very aware
that
I did not recognize you, and perhaps
you come, always,
every hour, every second,
moving through my vigil - then -
as through the spectre of a triumphal arch.
poem by Nichita Stanescu called "Season's end"
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De mult negru ma albisem
De mult soare ma-nnoptasem
De mult viu ma mult murisem
Din visare ma aflasem.
Vino tu, cu tine toata
Ca sa-ntruchipam o roata
Vino tu, fara de tine
Ca sa fiu cu mine, mine
O, rasai rasai rasai
Pe infernul meu un rai
O, ramai ramai ramai
Palma bate-mi-o in cui
Pe crucea de carne
Cand lumea adoarme.
poem by Nichita Stanescu called "De-taming"
the beginning sounds something like this:
"Of so much black/darkness I had white-ned
Of so much sun I had night-ened/darkened
Of so much life I had so much died
From dreaming I had found myself."
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photo:
Cișmigiu Gardens, Bucharest
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There is a fine line, between recklessness and courage
It's about time, you understood which road to take
It's a fine line, your decision makes a difference
Get it wrong, you'll be making a big mistake
Come on brother, all is forgiven
We all cried when you were driven away
Come on brother, everything is better
Everything is better when you come home and stay
Whatever's more important to you
You've got to change what you wanna do
Whatever's more important to be
That's the view that you've gotta see
There is a long way, between chaos and creation
If you don't say, which one of these your gonna choose
It's a long way, and in every contradiction
Seems to say it's a game that your bound to loose
Come on brother, all is forgiven
We all cried when you were driven away
Come on brother, everything is better
Everything is better when you come home and stay
Come on back
Come on back
Come on back to me
It's a fine line
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Stavropoleos Monastery, Bucharest, Romania
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Second Elegy: The Getica
[for Vasile Parvan]
A god was put in every tree stump.
If a stone split, a god
was quickly brought and put there.
It was enough that a bridge fell down,
a god was quickly put in its place,
or that a hole appeared in the highway,
a god was inserted there.
Oh, do not cut your hand or leg
by mistake - or by design.
They will promptly place a god in the wound,
as in every place, as everywhere,
they will place a god there
for us to worship, because he protects
whatever disunites itself.
Take care, warrior, do not lose
an eye,
for they will bring a god
and set him in your socket,
and he will stay there, petrified, and we
will move our souls to praise him...
And you yourself will stir your soul
in praising him, as you would strangers.
poem by Nichita Stanescu
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