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THE A GAME, TURNED UPSIDE DOWN

On the game -- of A. And the listening to the Z's. A friend, well meaning, referenced the idea of the A game -- A gamers, with other A gamers, win out on aligned results; they sync up -- sparks fly, cool stuff happens. Wowness emerges. Maybe. I think that sometimes...

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Sara Carner | CARNER BARCELONA

IN THE SHADOW OF THE WIND, SCENT EVOKED, PERFUME DESIGNED ON THE BREEZE OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE BOOK, The Shadow of the Wind, written by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, there is a story, wrapped a story, hidden in a story -- a book, among many books, hidden in a mythical library,...

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The Scent of Rot

ROUGH TRADE #3 The Perfume of Refuse, Decomposition and Excrement (The third of three essays on unusual scent strategies) In the beginnings of Das Parfum, authored by Patrick Süskind, there is a grouping of expressions that I'd first read in the original German. The...

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THE LONG WALK | THE PROCESSION | GALLERY IV

THE STATE OF WOWNESS* IF I'M THINKING ABOUT THE WAY, THE WALKING ROUTE -- IT'S LIKE A LONG STRIDE TO THE SOMETHING THAT LIES AT THE END. THERE'S A RHYTHM, A SEQUENCING OF PILLARS THAT MARK THE TIME. STEP BY STEP. LOOKING UP, IT'S STEEP, THE RISE TO THE LIGHT THAT...

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THE CENTER OF THE WORLD

ARCHITECTURAL SYMBOLISM, METAPHOR AND CENTERING Walking a old, forested Buddhist compound outside of Tokyo, I was told that the temple site was a specially sacred site -- and one that was anciently "magical." The idea of spirit spaces, places that have special power,...

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LOOK UP, LOOK OUT | PRINCIPLES OF ABOVENESS

LOOK UP, LOOK OUT | PRINCIPLES OF ABOVENESS | GALLERY III THE STATE OF WOWNESS* IN THE NATURE OF SEEING, THERE ARE DIRECTIONS - THE VECTORING OF PLACE AND SITE, SIGHT SEEN AND UNSEEN. BUT IT DOES COME DOWN TO THE LOOKING - AND THE LISTENING IN THE LOOK. AS ONE STUDIES...

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