OCAD's extension, Toronto, Canada
Josephine paying for parking with OCAD's
addition in the background
who explained
that part of the reason Florence is so well
preserved is because the
people there are still living in
the 14th century. Watching people stride around in their
slick poufy down coats and super leather bags I didn't get
that impression. I've never seen
so many scooters. But
I suppose she means in an ideological way. In that case
I said, deep
in the throes of my missing the place I'd
just left, I'm glad.
The Duomo, Siena, Italy
Back home in this really wonderful city, which is politically
correct almost to a fault, I find the main problem I face
is that we rarely respect our older (and that is not that old
my friend) architecture, and frequently add weird and bad
onto old and not that great. Every time I
see this strange addition to the Ontario College
of Art I feel surprised. I
can't say I don't like
it, because how can new things happen,
and they have to, if change isn't given expression?
But the
contrast between quattro centro Italy, and present day
Toronto is dramatic. To say
the least, and I admit it, one
a half weeks later, it's still giving me pause.
Have a learning-to-love-change day.
