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My name is SOMMS and I am an oakaholic.

SOMMS - the Gamble House (considered one of the masterpieces of Greene & Greene) has ELEVEN different woods used in the entryway alone! The amount of warmth and texture created is unbelievable. And it's all hand hewn, and unbeleivably smooth to the touch.

The Movement has been on my mind a lot, lately (even more than usual) because of the foundation of wanting to get back to human action, rather than succomb to machinery.

I've been intrigued watching the relationships and interactions develop through the board. It's not surprising to me that there has been a real attempt by many to reach past the cold and sterile environment of the cyber world to form more human connections. I think there's a real need for that in our lives, and I wonder if there's going to be a backlash to the isolation that our modern technology affords.

There's great power with these new tools, but I don't think it's wise to ignore that they mean nothing without real people to make them work. Ultimately, despite all the advancements, it's the same thing you get in one-on-one communication that actually means something - and that I think most people are really looking for.

Thanks DG for picking this topic – it’s one of my favorites. I’ve always wanted to see the Gamble House in person when I’m in the LA area, but never seem to get there. You’ve strengthened my resolve to go on my next trip west. As a Chicagoan, we’re lucky enough to have many wonderful examples of the Prairie School designs of FLWright and his disciples, which I believe to be an offshoot of the Arts & Crafts movement, if not the next step in Architectural evolution. Then there are the Chicago bungalows, which were Arts & Crafts-esque affordable housing in the early part of the 20th century. It’s all so interesting.

There was a wonderful book published a few years ago about houses in California – I wish I could remember the exact title. There was a piece on the Gamble House as well as others – it was a pretty weighty tome. I’ll have to get it out tonight and give it a read.

A Wright home burned in Gary, IN this week.

I will be in Oak Park for dinner tomorrow night and will likely end up in the Wright District. Such beautiful homes.

I don't have much to say about this topic, but it has been a fascinating read.

I feel exactly the same as Bwaysinger about the nature of relationships developed through the internet. There is not really a category for the "friends" I have on here that I have not met, especially since, as Plum said yesterday, we are basically creating a persona for ourselves that even if it is the same as who we really are, can be modified and tweaked to fit our desires. I have met some real people though, and I consider them to be close friends. I also "am" who I am online, including the circuitous phrasing and tangential thought, so I have that expectation of others.

The idea of a message board itself and blogging, is an offshoot of the idea of making things our own anyway. The internet initially had a "grass roots" quality, then it became corporate and controlled, so in order to be expressive and form community inside that corporate space, people have once again gone to a form where individuality and creativity of individuals is the most important thing.

As with the industrial revolution itself started by organizing in home laborers, who were eventually driven out of their homes and into factories because of the very system resulted in people needing to spend time "creating" items at home once again, we have the same cycle repeating in modern forms of technology.

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Thanks SP78. I also am what I am here and in real life. These milti identity posters get on my nerves.

Did you see the PBS Wright show - outstanding.

I really need to make a trip to Falling Water.

Well, now I know what to do soon...
Everything designed by Wright seems uncomfortable.
A lovely person whom I befriended in Wisconsin attended the Unitarian church Wright built in Madison, so I went to hear her sing there. REALLY cool, unique place with the original benches and chairs (and a podium that appears to have been grown, not made!)...but VERY uncomfortable.

but they are beautiful...

bway, I believe the room is located right off the American Court, where there's an excellent amount of light coming through. It really is beautiful...

I'm sure there are some people who would come along willingly...

C - when you are in Chicago next, take my lobby walking tour. So many fabulous buildings.


For example, the Marquette Building:

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