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“A parti is the central idea or concept of a building and derives from understandings that are nonarchitectural must be cultivated before architectural form can be born”

The quote is taken from the book 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School by Matthew Frederick. Frederick goes on to give the example that the hub-and-spoke parti, with one spoke missing “suggests the philosophy that a loss invites opportunity”. That philosophy resonated with me and seemed to be the perfect fit for me, and my new blog.

I moved to New York City, a budding Berkeley grad with an Engineering degree under my belt, and ready for a new life. Little did I know what the coming months would hold for me – a new job, new friends, new parties, new hardships.. OK I’m starting to sound like the ad for the new Whitney Port reality show on MTV and will now stop.

In any case, I came here wanting to experience the world and had no expectations for what was to come. So far its been a whirlwind of a time, most notably being laid off. I know – it’s happened to a ton of people, I know – “when one door closes, many more open up”, etc., etc. But honestly, its not fun when it happens to you.

As I begin on this journey (well beginning this blog is the product of about 1 month into that journey), I hope to come out of it figuring out not what I am going to do or who I really am, but what I truly love. I was at the New York Public Library earlier today and was inspired by this:

“You don’t figure out life, you create it.”

So here I am, thanks for reading and let me know what you think. In the coming posts you can expect my musings on design, techonology, developing economies, and everything in between. Enjoy!

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~ by missingspoke on December 11, 2008.