wanderlust

I did manage to sneak into an outer area of La Alhambra today, and learned they are hosting a small exhibition of Le Corbusier.

Most people are probably most familiar with Le Corbusier as an architect responsible for seemingly half of Design Within Reach's furniture collection. Few probably know that he is also an accomplished poet, something I learned while in a college literature course. I was thrilled to see an exhibition based on his works.

One of his poems really caught my attention:

"Mistaking too many mediate causes
mistaking our lives
and the others are there
and everwhere we hear "No!"

And always fewer for
than against
Thus do not condemn those
who wish to take their share of
risks in life. Tolerate

the fusion of metals
the alchemies in
any case commit you
to nothing

It is through the doors of
open eyes that looks
exchanged have lead to
the flash of communion

"The blossoming great
silences..."

The sea has gone out the
tide at low ebb will
rise again in time
A new time has begun
a phase a limit a transition
And thus we shall not
have mistaken our lives."