Deep Thought (Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy)
This is a question asked a lot in recent times.
Today I read two extremely different blog posts by architects that I think both point out what's going on. First, there was this post by Randy Deutsch. Then there was this post by Jody Brown.
It's hard for me to get past feeling depressed after reading about going down with the ship. Luckily the other reading was funny enough to make me laugh out loud. Anyway, I think we're all trying to find meaning in our new circumstances, as architects at least. Sure, practice as we know it is probably over for most of us. It's easy to poke fun at architects and their logic. Usually it's bullshit. I'm remembering with fondness a long manifesto I wrote during my last semester of undergrad where I declared that all architects are full of shit. And now begs the question, are we done being full of shit yet? Will we ever be done spewing shit? I'm not sure we'll rid ourselves of the shit, but perhaps we're ever so slightly LESS full of shit? Please excuse my language, but I feel like my entire career has been a long descent. I'm too young to remember any really good times in architecture. (Hopefully I won't be too old to enjoy when the good times return.)
Today I read two extremely different blog posts by architects that I think both point out what's going on. First, there was this post by Randy Deutsch. Then there was this post by Jody Brown.
It's hard for me to get past feeling depressed after reading about going down with the ship. Luckily the other reading was funny enough to make me laugh out loud. Anyway, I think we're all trying to find meaning in our new circumstances, as architects at least. Sure, practice as we know it is probably over for most of us. It's easy to poke fun at architects and their logic. Usually it's bullshit. I'm remembering with fondness a long manifesto I wrote during my last semester of undergrad where I declared that all architects are full of shit. And now begs the question, are we done being full of shit yet? Will we ever be done spewing shit? I'm not sure we'll rid ourselves of the shit, but perhaps we're ever so slightly LESS full of shit? Please excuse my language, but I feel like my entire career has been a long descent. I'm too young to remember any really good times in architecture. (Hopefully I won't be too old to enjoy when the good times return.)
Somehow this relates to the conversation I had this morning with some new business contacts. I met with a bunch of really great guys today, and afterward I had plenty of time to ruminate on the state of architecture and what I could possibly offer of value to them. How can I communicate the worth of my services? Well, I'm not actually worried about these particular business contacts, but what about all those other people I meet when I'm out networking who aren't in the building industry? I've been pondering this since I finished reading Down Detour Road. Maybe it's time to take some advice from the Entrepreneur's Entourage ladies, and devote a couple days to working on business. Networking is great, but it's time to address these burning issues related to what's going on here.
So if anybody out there knows what's going on here, let me know. I'm gonna go write a new manifesto and submit it to this competition I just learned about. Seems like a fitting place to send my complaints.
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