The Long Now Foundation. Scott Adams - Gods_Debris. The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Balthasar Gracian. First published in 1637. Translated to English by Joseph Jacobs in 1892. A collection of 300 aphorisms on life and the way you should live, Balthasar Gracian's work has been used as a modern day guide to life much in the way that Sun Tzu's Art of War or Machiavelli's The Prince have. Whether you realize it or not, everyone can always use more wisdom. While most of us acquire wisdom naturally through living our lives, it certainly can't hurt to pick up a really good book for additional words of advice. "Life is warfare against the malice of others.
" Fan of this book? Squashed Philosophers. Kurt Vonnegut Says This Is the End of the World. Science Fiction and the City: Film Fest Update! [Image: Ben Procter]. A few weeks ago I announced that BLDGBLOG and Materials & Applications had teamed up to curate an architectural film fest as part of this year's Silver Lake Film Festival here in LA. Well, I have some exciting news to announce: on Tuesday, May 8th, from 8-10pm, inside a converted wind tunnel in Pasadena, we'll be hosting an evening full of talks and presentations about film, science fiction, space, landscape, and architecture. [Image: James Clyne]. I have said many times before on this blog that contemporary architecture could learn quite a lot from the spatial and material imaginations on display in both film and science fiction – so perhaps this event will be a good opportunity to explore what that really means.
[Image: Ryan Church]. [Image: Ryan Church]. Less abstractly, Jonathan Glancey claims, in an old article for The Guardian, that "cinema remains the best place to experience the architectural imagination at full flight. " [Image: Ben Procter]. Expect more soon...