Comments on: Home Isn’t Where The Heart Isn’t http://stephanfowler.com/2009/03/modernism/ By Stephan Fowler Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:38:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: Stephan Fowler http://stephanfowler.com/2009/03/modernism/comment-page-1/#comment-407 Stephan Fowler Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:57:50 +0000 http://blog.stephanfowler.com/2009/03/14/modernism/#comment-407 Peter: exactly. Assess all ideas by their final consequence, not the "bravery" of their stance. Apropos of nothing, I recently noticed a final detail added to that house: a small surveillance camera snooping out of that otherwise blank window. Peter: exactly. Assess all ideas by their final consequence, not the “bravery” of their stance.

Apropos of nothing, I recently noticed a final detail added to that house: a small surveillance camera snooping out of that otherwise blank window.

]]> By: peter http://stephanfowler.com/2009/03/modernism/comment-page-1/#comment-287 peter Mon, 05 Apr 2010 05:08:29 +0000 http://blog.stephanfowler.com/2009/03/14/modernism/#comment-287 What does this type of architecture reflect? Mainly rebellion to tradition: the long standing idea that there is something OBJECTIVE about beauty as well as subjective. Think about it, if there were nothing objective about beauty, then why do MOST people agree that this or that or the other thing is attractive? It's laughable, not to mention highly unscientific to say that an objective standard of beauty is merely a cosmic coincidence and that people are deluding themselves. Why do people get all smart and pug when they say "look at me I'm being rebellious, I'm being different, I'm making a statement"...? Its truly tragic. If we don't have laws or codes or general assent about what architecture ought to look like, then why should we have laws about how we should behave. Nihilists (or Modernists, whichever) ought to carry their philosophy to its logical extreme: namely that there is no standard for ethics or morals. So why haven't we allowed them to murder people yet? This building deeply depresses me too, Mr. Fowler. What does this type of architecture reflect? Mainly rebellion to tradition: the long standing idea that there is something OBJECTIVE about beauty as well as subjective.

Think about it, if there were nothing objective about beauty, then why do MOST people agree that this or that or the other thing is attractive? It’s laughable, not to mention highly unscientific to say that an objective standard of beauty is merely a cosmic coincidence and that people are deluding themselves.

Why do people get all smart and pug when they say “look at me I’m being rebellious, I’m being different, I’m making a statement”…? Its truly tragic. If we don’t have laws or codes or general assent about what architecture ought to look like, then why should we have laws about how we should behave. Nihilists (or Modernists, whichever) ought to carry their philosophy to its logical extreme: namely that there is no standard for ethics or morals. So why haven’t we allowed them to murder people yet?

This building deeply depresses me too, Mr. Fowler.

]]> By: magali http://stephanfowler.com/2009/03/modernism/comment-page-1/#comment-265 magali Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:50:38 +0000 http://blog.stephanfowler.com/2009/03/14/modernism/#comment-265 well i think it's great. i'd love to live a few doors away from it, or in it, even better. don't you think it's witty? makes a change from so much existing crap housing. well i think it’s great. i’d love to live a few doors away from it, or in it, even better. don’t you think it’s witty? makes a change from so much existing crap housing.

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