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... The title of this blog has to do with a Will Bruder quote I heard while attending the University of Arizona College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture (CAPLA) during the Fall of 1999 - "Learn to master the trash can and you might become something" - It really resonated with me and has stuck with me to this day. I suppose for me the concept hit hard that although you can discard an idea, concept, sketch, design, whatever for a certain project you may be able to revisit it at a later date under different circumstances - In other words designs never die, they evolve, they hibernate, they circle-back but they never die...Or maybe he was just telling us to quit our ideas of becoming Architects and to go live in a public park somewhere; which, given the current state of the industry probably would not have been such a bad idea...

That is what this Blog will be for me - With over a decade in the industry I have come to realize that what I thought I would be doing on a daily basis and what I actually do are pretty darn different - BUT - I still have ideas, I still have hopes and I still have my creativity; So, I figured this would be a good outlet...I will share my thoughts on work and the industry as well as whatever moments of creativity I can muster - And, yes, at the direction of my Wife I will keep the swearing to an absolute minimum.

Cheers...B.

Saturday, September 7, 2013

YOU KEEP USING THAT WORD:

... Okay, so on Thursday I was getting some blood drawn - Not a big deal, just routine blood work - Anyway, the Phlebotomist asked me how my day was going, what I did for a living, asked if I had been fasting, blah, blah, blah - The convo' went something like this:

Very Young Person Sticking a Needle in my Arm (VYP): "So, what do you do?"

Me: "I'm an Architect."

VYP: "Oh, so you must be really creative."

Me: "Something like that."

*Long Pause*

VYP: "So what type of Engineer are you?"

Me: "Uh, no...I‘m not an Engineer - I'm an Architect."

*Awkward Momentary Pause*

Me: "It's a totally different degree...They're related but totally different."

VYP: *Blank Stare*

*Long Awkward Pause*
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Yeah, so that happened - #LeSigh.
B.
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