Brad,
What can one conclude from this except that the soul is not necessary to
modern work, or perhaps it is? Your new surroundings would, like a Trappist
monestary, seem more supportive to meditation, your old ones to creativity.
Creativity may be out; meditation in. Have courage.
Ed Weick
Visit my rebuilt website at:
http://members.eisa.com/~ec086636/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad McCormick, Ed.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 3:33 PM
Subject: Less is less (Photos of The Computer Revolution)
> The company I work for produces leading-edge high-end computer software --
> indeed one might call it "meta-ware", since it analyzes other
> computer hardware and software....
>
> Attached is a link to a picture I took recently of one section
> of the space into which the company moved
> a few months ago. The building is a huge
> black megalith (no, it isn't a message from higher
> intelligences like the megalith in 2001...),
> approx 280ft x 280ft by 20 stories high (the company
> I work for occupies most of the 4th floor).
> The building looks to me like a Mies van der Rohe done cheap (Mies
> believed in the "luxury of materials") -- but maybe it is
> a real Mies???
>
> http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/jpg/Office2000.jpg
>
> When the company first moved to the new space, I was
> frightened to even be in the space (I think the
> correct term for this is: "horror vacui"). (Picture of my
> former work area in the company's former
> premises, which were in an "old building":
>
> http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/jpg/office4.jpg
>
> .)
>
> After about 4 months, I feel much better accommodated to the new space
> than I originally felt. Humans are highly "adaptable".
>
> "Enjoy!"
>
> The worker's lifeworld is a co-product of all work.
>
> +\brad mccormick
>
> --
> Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21)
>
> [ I am looking for a Waltham Premier Maximus pocket watch in
> excellent condition. Any "leads" much appreciated. Thank you. ]
>
> <![%THINK;[SGML+APL]]> Brad McCormick, Ed.D. / [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 914.238.0788 / 27 Poillon Rd, Chappaqua NY 10514-3403 USA
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