Okay. This may be scraping the barrel of acceptable topics to blog about but I must just share a book (not new) that I am currently reading. Kevin bought it for me for my trip to SA – and I did some reading of it on the plane. Now I am reading it on my bus commute during the week.
It’s called "Just for Fun- The story of an accidental revolutionary" Linus Torvalds the creator of LINUX and David Diamond.
For those (like me who don’t know much about computers, programming and that whole world) Linus Torvalds is a chap who wrote a ground breaking operating system while a student. He distributed it for free and basically started the whole "open source" movement. Linux (the OS he created) is basically the largest collaborative project in the world.
Here is a great quote from the book about the beauty of programming:
"Think of a treehouse. You can build a treehouse that is functional and has a trapdoor and is stable. But everyone knows the difference between a treehouse that is simply solidly built and one that is beautiful, that takes creative advantage of the tree. It’s a matter of combining art and engineering. This is one of the reasons programming can be so captivating and rewarding. The functionality often is second to being interesting, being pretty, or being shocking.
It is an exercise in creativity."
I think the same can be said for architecture. I have a thing for churches. One of the things I like to do when Kevin and I go on our roadtrips is to look at the architecture of churches. I love the one’s that make a spiritual implact through their design. A church which looks like an airplane hangar does nothing for the soul. Architecture should be an "exercise in creativity".
One response to “What I am reading…”
All the more reason for you to come over here for a visit!! (i.e. not a layover – a proper visit…) – the churches & cathedrals here in England & Europe are absolutely astounding.