tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post2869159664725450925..comments2024-03-14T09:50:44.315+00:00Comments on Psychological comments: Does architecture lift the spirits?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09320614837348759094noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-15468725640552589302014-01-01T22:19:52.471+00:002014-01-01T22:19:52.471+00:00that you appreciate architecture reveals you have ...that you appreciate architecture reveals you have very high spatial ability!<br />as someone who's verbal > 2D nonverbal > 3D spatial, i have no appreciation of architecture. & i'm bad at fixing things! spatial ability got selected for b/c it kept humans alive, so there are more spatial > verbal than there are verbal > spatial (we didn't need as many of the latter - rather humbling for me:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-88991422566731035582013-12-24T15:11:32.864+00:002013-12-24T15:11:32.864+00:00It's a hundred years since Adolf Loos publishe...It's a hundred years since Adolf Loos published "Ornament and Crime" and for forty years post-modern architects have indulged guiltlessly in decoration and pastiche, (though they're more likely to call it "resonance".) Perhaps your March tour could take in something like that.Marshall Colmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293970978200882404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-26271545750549579912013-12-23T13:24:59.333+00:002013-12-23T13:24:59.333+00:00probably right. Recalled it from memory, an error ...probably right. Recalled it from memory, an error prone procedure.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09320614837348759094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-84519743787960737242013-12-23T11:33:53.714+00:002013-12-23T11:33:53.714+00:00I know the desiderata as "commodity, firmness...I know the desiderata as "commodity, firmness and delight".deariemenoreply@blogger.com