| Show here and there. The expensive views are horizons of virgin landscape offering serenity and a sublime calming influence. Infinite variety is profitable isn't it hence all the more hypocrisy at work when the market place is selling virgin landscape views as if anyone needed to be sold on beauty. (15) If absraction were to come to its absolute logical conclusion the realitors couldn't give it away. In some areas of the country pure abstraction is well on its way toward its ultimate expression. fofou UlfE THE" VIEW? How peculiar. We glory in the same order of space in the houses we live in but abhore this same order even in the distant blur especially if the blur gets too close to distinguish distinct buildings. As far as the view is concerned it is the "landscape architect" who provides us with a dash of nature. Consider though the incredulous contridiction in the term. "Architecture" stands for everything the "landscape" is not or vise versa. It really kills me when trees are planted in rows to the delight of some architect. Of course some trees are better than none at all. "Landscape architect" is a synonym for "naturalistic hypocrite." -34- |
