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concept:spiritual-awareness-through-abstract-colour-and-formspiritual awareness through abstract colour and form
Quality Alexander finds in early Turkish carpets, reinforcing the metaphysical basis of his work.
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- Inside the Visitor CentrementionsArticle by Alan Powers about Christopher Alexander's West Dean Visitor Centre, published in Perspectives, August/September 1996.
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