let's think about Mending Wall in light of Christopher Alexander https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/44266 …
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Replying to @literalbanana
there are lots of ways to read it and mostly they're "boundaries are bad m'kay" but that's wrong
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Replying to @literalbanana
the narrator mocks his neighbor a bit but the narrator is HIMSELF the one who bugs his neighbor to repair the wall every year
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Replying to @literalbanana
"something there is that doesn't love a wall" yes, it's entropy and decay - these boundaries are what define space for peopling
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boundaries create good spaces - the light, raised platform, awnings etc. create space for sitting AND walkingpic.twitter.com/NFDdXYkpCs
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Replying to @literalbanana
where there are no good boundaries, uses conflict and nobody likes itpic.twitter.com/q2ogFGLCS8
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Replying to @literalbanana
boundaries are created by both "sides" - a product of mutual expression of intelligence, will, life (stone wall in Mending Wall)
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Replying to @literalbanana
good boundaries like this in art abound - each "side" made from complementary (if not equal) complexity, harmonizingpic.twitter.com/sTj8LIZixO
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Replying to @literalbanana
good boundaries make "outdoor rooms" - lack of boundaries, lack of positive space make dead spaces nobody will usepic.twitter.com/GvOAbcZmeC
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Replying to @literalbanana
can people learn to mentally divide unroomlike outdoor spaces into roomlike outdoor spaces? is it a coordination problem?
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they probably can, it's just a matter of cognitive cost - like people could maybe learn to read sheet metal as inviting
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Replying to @literalbanana
hmm. feels like imaginary boundaries might be easier than something more directly sensory-caused
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Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
children are good at internalizing imaginary boundaries in games
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