truth b told, i've alwaez been an arts sorta guy..esp stuff like writin or drawin abstract rubbish..
i've just discovered dis great work of architecture dats called the Hurva Synagogue in Israel, designed by Louis I Kahn, a Jew of the diaspora..too bad it was never actualli built..it would hav been a counterpoint on the landscape to the Dome of the Rock, which was less than 5 km away..afterall..e original building was demolished by the Jordanian army when it occupied the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem in 1947..
Its one of 3 buildings i've seen so far dat realli says somethin 2 mi..e other 2 are the Church of Notre-Dame Du Haut in Ronchamp, France by Le Corbusier n e Soviet Pavilion at the 1937 Paris Exhibition by Boris Iofan..
they realli show dat God allows human hands to glorify Him with earthly pastels of concrete, steel and brick..especialli since 2 of these 3 structures were constructed (or were planned) on e site of ruins of e same name..n e 3rd is a reminder dat nations brought low can rise again like e mythical phoenix..I want 2 see God rebuildin e walls that were torn down by men (in Nehemiah) n uncloggin e wells that were the legacy of our forefathers (as with Issac)..i remembr dat line from Lord of the Rings, "Reforged shall be the sword that was broken, the crownless again shall be king"...some of u noe who n wat event i'm hintin at rite?
Crossing
9 years ago
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Oh ya. haha. I also want to see God bringing down certain buildings, like the IR at the southern tip of our city-state...
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