I was warned about this
Posted on | January 21, 2006 |
Things feel fierce when you try to talk in three dimension
and cannot wrap your words around something that is not yet there
the square foot depth of real things:
soapstone traveling the surface of the counter
walls, this thick
cupboards here.
Somehow because you can’t explain
that which you can barely see in your minds eye
everything feels like a soda bottle
after it’s been shaken up.
You talk and talk and then walk away
the plans spread out the table
the lines and measurements in graphite,
easily erasable,
unlike the tone you use to say
the things you’re not quite sure of.
Every hardware store clerk will nod
and say he’s seen it all before.
The disconnect between two minds
trying to see the same thing
from different angles.
If geometry were a language, it would be easier.
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January 21st, 2006 @ 2:22 pm
We’re going to entering this realm soon, with our remodel. They say there are two major stressors that will knock down a marriage: having babies and remodeling! Remember that it is just a house and it can all be changed/fixed/painted/etc later! Can’t wait to see/hear more!
January 21st, 2006 @ 2:50 pm
and this is why it took us three years.
(three months of actual building)
my husband had a 1950’s sense of what things cost -
the architect assumed we had millions -
me, stuck in the middle.
January 21st, 2006 @ 5:16 pm
Anders and I ran into the same problem. I had never before really realized how very, very differently our brains worked until we built a house together.
January 22nd, 2006 @ 1:36 am
Nodding to myself.
But Geometry *is* a language. Like algebra, it’s not always shared. Like probability, you rolls your dice and takes your chances.
January 22nd, 2006 @ 11:02 am
Ah, grasshopper– but I speak your language!