Thursday

Antoni Gaudi


It's not suprising that for a long time I carried the impression that this architect of the Casa Mila apartment was a Catalonian monk. Some people would rather introduce Gaudi as the architect of the unfinished Sagrada Famiglia but ive deliberately ducked that cos it's one of those constructions thats outstanding tho overdone in its detail, but perfectly horrendous at a distance; akin to a termite hill with all its attendant technical merit. I can understand somehow why citizens of barcelona were wary of him being granted greater license over the skyline. It appears that he worked best when he was tempered, regimented and limited in a sense as we see with the sineous organic pleasant wonder of Casa Mila. I'd like to introduce other examples of biomorphic archi, but here's casa mila, charming isnt it? and those granite protrusions you see on the roof are chimmney stacks. fully functional.
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Meanwhile I'm pisd and riled having to judder up to the library everyday to update my blog and see other blogs, i'm forced to go up to delhi and organise something with the blog guys there. Intelligence bureau we're supposed to protest in front of i'm told. what the bullocks. So i'm having whiskies today evning whether anyones joining me or not in the unwomanly act. ppl with pretensions to clean dignified womanhood arent required.

4 Comments:

Blogger amruta patil said...

pl avail of food and shelter and chitchat facilities if you do come to the capital. yasmin has the coordinates.

4:03 p.m.  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

sure, amruta. even pkblogs was down for a while today. i might be over to delhi even if the blogissue resolves.
-Finny

6:42 p.m.  
Blogger GhostOfTomJoad said...

La Sagrada Familia...hmm, reminds me about the Alan Parsons album I no longer have

10:46 p.m.  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

wonder what the albums liek. hey and ur recipes work pretty well.
-Finny

1:34 p.m.  

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