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Being-nature

The quality a structure has when it is deeply connected to the I; what Alexander strives to produce in each element of a building.

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Concepts (4)

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  • The I (eternal self)
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    Central metaphysical concept of the chapter: the universal ground of selfhood that living centers reflect and connect to; what makers must yearn toward to produce living structure.
  • inner light
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    A profound color phenomenon in great paintings or buildings where colors are both subdued and brilliantly shining, an extension of life in things, touching the heart of existence.
  • The Haunting Melody
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    Alexander's metaphor for the barely-perceptible wholeness or being-nature one strains toward when creating living structure.
  • The Being-Creature (I-like figure)
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    The mysterious I-like figure Alexander advises the reader to seek when searching for the being-nature in a composition.

Artifacts (2)

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  • Fra Angelico: The Dream of Innocent (panel)
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    Small panel painting analyzed as an example of being-nature in color, where black interacts with blue at a distance to create inner light.
  • Irregular Jagged Styrofoam Star
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    A star cut in 40 seconds from styrofoam that brought the CES carpentry shop to life; no regular version achieved the same quality over three months of trying.

Related by similarity (8)

cosine ≥ 0.65 · no typed edge

Entities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.

  • Beingconcept0.848
    A living center that is a picture of the self, connected to the I; a center that evokes relatedness and feels animated, self-like.
  • Identity with natureconcept0.801
    The strongest version of relatedness, where one feels actual identity with a natural entity, not mere identification.
  • Created Natureconcept0.787
    A new ecology where human-made and natural elements interpenetrate and are managed together as one balanced system.
  • intentional natureconcept0.781
    The presence of arbitrary idea and image in design that distorts the unfolding process.
  • It embraces nature, and makes nature, and is nature.claim0.778
  • new view of natureconcept0.775
    Alexander's proposal that nature is living structure with objective degrees of value, not a mechanistic, value-neutral system.
  • Buddha Natureconcept0.774
    The innate potential for awakening; alluded to in the koan of the sutra.
  • The process itself is to be part of nature.claim0.773