“On the geometric level, we see certain physical elements repeated endlessly, combined in an almost endless variety of combinations. It is puzzling to realize that the elements, which seem like elementary building blocks, keep varying, and are different every time that they occur. If the elements are different every time that they occur, evidently then, it cannot be the elements themselves which are repeating in a building or town; these so-called elements cannot be the ultimate "atomic" constituents of space.” IfsDifferentSeemsCertainRealizingSpaceLevelsBuildingElementsUltimateTownsEndlessBlockVarietyCombinationConstituentsBuilding BlocksPuzzlingGeometric Author:Christopher Alexander
“One begins to think with that new building block, rather than with littler pieces. And finally, the things which seem like elements dissolve, and leave a fabric of relationships behind, which is the stuff that actually repeats itself, and gives the structure to a building or a town.” ThinkingGivingSeemsStuffBehindsPiecesBuildingElementsTownsStructureBlockRepeatsFabricBuilding Blocks Author:Christopher Alexander
“Air and Water can just swirl around being swirly, and Fire is just kind of aggressive, but my gut feeling is that Earth needs to work for a living. Earth has stuff to be doing. Earth is busy. Earth is solid and responsible and works hard. Earth is reliable. Earth is the designated driver of the elements and will always come over and feed the cat when you're out of town.” NeedsKindHardFeelingsEarthStuffWaterFireAirHard WorkElementsCatTownsResponsibleBusyGutsDriversAggressiveGut FeelingsSwirlsAir And Water Author:Ursula Vernon
“Joe [Wright] reached out to me and sent me a treatment, and I said yes on the spot just from the treatment. Within six weeks, I was in Cape Town and there was a script [of Black Mirror episode 'Nosedive'], but I didn't realize until I received the full script that Rashida [Jones] and Michael [Schur] had worked on it. It's a particularly funny episode. Joe and I always looked at it as a satire; it has a lot of comedic elements to it.” SaidBlackRealizingWeekElementsSixTownsMirrorsScriptsSpotsTreatmentSatireEpisodesComedicCapesCape Town Author:Bryce Dallas Howard
“We swung over the hills and over the town and back again, and I saw how a man can be master of a craft, and how a craft can be master of an element. I saw the alchemy of perspective reduce my world, and all my other life, to grains in a cup. I learned to watch, to put my trust in other hands than mine. And I learned to wander. I learned what every dreaming child needs to know -- that no horizon is so far that you cannot get above it or beyond it.” KnowsMenWorldNeedsChildrenDreamHandsWatchesSawsMinesMastersPerspectiveElementsTownsCraftsWanderCupsHillsHorizonGrainAlchemyBack Again Book:West with the Night Source: West with the Night
“There are three necessary elements in a story - exposition, development, and drama. Exposition we may illustrate as "John Fortescue was a solicitor in the little town of X"; development as "One day Mrs Fortescue told him she was about to leave him for another man"; and drama as "You will do nothing of the kind," he said.” MenKindMayLittlesSaidStoriesThreeDevelopmentDramaOne DayElementsTownsCraftsAnother ManLittle TownsSolicitors Author:Frank O'Connor
“The vast majority of local people will neither know all of the initiatives nor have any perception that the individual elements are beginning to contribute to making their home town more environmentally sustainable. It is even less likely that visitors will gain any picture of what is being achieved. It is to solve this problem that the Green Map System has been developed.” PeopleKnowsHas BeensProblemHomeIndividualElementsPerceptionGainsTownsGreenMajoritySolveLocalsMapsInitiativeVisitorsHome Town Author:Paul Burrell