Hi Mel, > mel: > A boat builder with whom I used to work > frequently repeated a phrase: 'beauty is free'. > The first few times he said it, the timing was > a mystery to me--Why did he say that, now? > > Eventually I got it. He was prodding me > towards seeing that how I made the structural > pieces of the boat look were more important than > the simple plan-form of structure. Analogous > to how different the musical score is from the > performance. > > Inevitably, the 'beautiful' elements found > efficiencies that the purely functional lacked. > What seemed an accident or a trick was instead > a deeped insight. Whenever I made a part > more beautiful in appearance, it was also stronger, > better fit, more efficient, etc. It was so, because > I had unknowingly paid attention to more parts > than simply the abutting or adjacent bits. > > thanks--mel
Beautifully said. Beautifully true. Quality through and through. Many thanks. Platt Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
