Prose, Poetry, Cryptic Words: Body Language

Body, Body, Body, Body, Body, Body

Giving me shivers down mine

Tryin' to find whats mine, I'm yours 

I'm cold 

Winding, Warping,  Waiting, Waging, Waxing, Waning

Tryin' to find light

Surrounded by energy, all except where I need

I'm unseeing, but I smell

The aromatic equivalent of a police siren's assault to the eyes and ears

Gasoline, Rubber, Cigarettes, Sweat, New Furniture, Loneliness 

He'll come here expecting it to get better

Too dirty to clean up his act

Too dirty to scuffle over what he thinks he deserves

But even your most private parts are rotted

And that may not be your fault, nor can you do anything about it

Because what you see is always the truth

Talk To Me, Talk To Me.

Everything is borrowed 

Time, Space, Matter 

But we are here and this place speaks.

Its got Body Language
Talk back

Museum Response: "The Discipline of Nature: Architect Alfred Browning Parker"

Alfred Browning Parker has an immense and diverse oeuvre consisting mainly of his plans for houses because he's an architect but man was I gobsmacked by the intricacies of the miniature cypress model houses. Parker's buildings are always interlaced with their environment and generally open space homes with natural elements that are inspired by other modernists architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright (see Falling Water), Louis Sullivan, and Henry Hobson Richardson. Parker's buildings utilized the land and surrounding environment in order to work hand in hand with each other instead of having to manipulate the land to fit the home. His work began to gain traction post World War 2 and he was commissioned to work for celebrities amongst  other projects such as Miami Arena and Bayside Marketplace.

Museum Response: "Visionary Metropolis: Tony Garnier's Une Cité Industrielle"

Tony Garnier's Une Cite Industrielle is an elaborate proposal for a healthier environment catalyzed by the industrial revolution's rapid degrading of nature. The Industrial Revolution didn't leave room to consider how it was affecting the environment so Garnier and a handful of other artists took it upon themselves to propose a green city that could also evolve technologically and bring a sense of community through these extremely detailed works. By taking everyone's needs into consideration with public spaces that bring people together such as baths and pools, recreational sports arenas, and hospitals Garnier  promoted a healthy, active, and social lifestyle through his plans for an energy efficient industrial city. His meticulously planned city for civic engagement was laid out with a magnifying glass and all in order to show the details and thought put into every aspect of his work, the industrial zones, health zones, etc. but something that is noticeably missing are the police stations. Garniers intentions were that social organization and proper urban design would eliminate the problems police would need to address. Garnier society ideally would have been a healthier alternative to the Industrial Revolution

Skreet Small Works

Landscape: Research

Buckminster Fuller -Worked from 1921 until his death in 1983

• Ha-has- are walls used to keep animals out of an area, without blocking views, such as a garden.

• Parco dei Mostri/ Garden of Bomarzo- Commisioned in 1552, in Province of Viterbo, Italy

• Roman Forum- Originally a marketplace and served as the culminating venue for the celebratory military processions known as Triumphs that began construction at 29 B.C.E.

• Boboli Gardens- located in Florence, Italy constructed between 16th and 18th century

Jardin du Luxembourg-Located in Paris, France. Created beginning in 1612 by Marie de' Medici.

• Tivoli Gardens- Villa d'Este is a garden located in Italy, made in the 16th century.

• Bernini's Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi- Designed in 1651 by Bernini for Pope Innocent X located in Rome, Italy

• Jean Dubuffet Jardin d'Émail- Built in 1974 and held at the Rijksmuseum.

• Stowe Garden- located in Buckingham and created in 1683.

• Stourhead Gardens- Created by Henry Hoare in 1741 in Wiltshire, England

• Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens- Garden that holds rare lillies and lotuses near the river in Washington D.C. this place opened up in 1938

• Vizcaya Museum- built from 1914 to 1923 this was James Deering of Deering McCormick's winter residence named after Bel Viscera

• Fairchild Tropical Gardens- Built by Robert Montgomery in 1936 and named it after his bud David Fairchild.