Thursday, February 12, 2004
We build malls and Starbucks...
It has been relayed to me by the learned and cultured folks that occasionally speak to me, that a society may be known through the buildings and architecture it produces. We all are privy to contemporary building trends in North America. In contemplating this situation in contrast with places like the church above in Syria or the new churches being built in war torn Serbia, I am left feeling kind of pathetic. I live in one of the wealthiest counties in the wealthiest nation in the world, and we meet in a converted warehouse.
Seriously, am I missing something here?
It has been relayed to me by the learned and cultured folks that occasionally speak to me, that a society may be known through the buildings and architecture it produces. We all are privy to contemporary building trends in North America. In contemplating this situation in contrast with places like the church above in Syria or the new churches being built in war torn Serbia, I am left feeling kind of pathetic. I live in one of the wealthiest counties in the wealthiest nation in the world, and we meet in a converted warehouse.
Seriously, am I missing something here?
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