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Alcázar - Seville - Spain (by Nicolas Vollmer) 

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submitted by: Simit

-Quoted from Prof: Nandini Bagchee

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Reading architectural theory can be difficult

I love reading and I especially love reading theory but even for someone like me who enjoys it, it sometimes gets difficult to decipher. 

It takes me forever to get through a chapter, let alone a complete book. I’m finding myself having to read a required book by September and two other ones I want to finish before I start thesis. But I have to say that it’s taking me longer than I expected with not only because work and life gets in the way but because I constantly have to stop and keep re-reading things over and over to fully grasp the meaning.

A co-worker gave me a really great tip today that I’m going to start doing and I wanted to share with you all in case you have difficulties with reading theory as well.

Read the whole chapter in one go. It’s like watching a movie for the first time, you’re not going to pause and re-wind constantly… you’re going to keep watching. With reading in one pass, you grasp the overall message of the chapter, you understand the arch of the message.

Then re-read the chapter. The second time around allows you to pick up the details that you missed, just like in a movie. This saves you a lot of time compared to when you constantly stop yourself and keep re-reading sentences over and over again. 

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The Art of Architectural Storytelling, or How to Present a Building  By Richard Buday

Featured image: The Tower of Babel (Pieter Bruegel)

A narrative is a string of connected events told with effect. Subtle or overt, stories drive home emotional points. Should buildings have an emotional point? If so, would better prose produce better buildings—or at least, sell them better? It would be interesting to test the idea, architects embracing story-form presentations, artfully describing moments as well as monuments, delivering ideas, not just information.

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BLOGILATES DEC 2017 CALENDAR

So, I started the blogilates dec 17 calendar today (my first workout/day2 on it) AND I AM DETERMINED to see this plan through. I tried the thigh workout today and eventhough it was so terribly difficult I managed to finish all 5 workouts and I feel SOO MUCH BETTER!!!!!!

Plan for the last month of 2017=> FINISH BLOGILATES WORKOUT CALENDAR !!!!

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I knew that I was dying. something in me said, go ahead, die, sleep, become as them, accept. then something else in me said, no, save the tiniest bit. it needn’t be much, just a spark. a spark can set a whole forest on fire. just a spark. save it.

Charles Bukowski (via thequotejournals)

Mental strength is important too.

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My longest run yet

My longest run yet... I feel like my stamina has already improved plus I sprinted a few times in between.... ALSO I DID THIS THING WHICH I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY COOL So at one point I started jogging backwards (in reverse) then I started jogging really fast in reverse AND AS SOON AS THE BEAT DROPPED I TURNED AROUND AND SPRINTED 🤓🤓🤓😏

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Day 2

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Day 1 of the month long running challenge ====> I also spent 30 minutes stretching afterwards and HELD A CROW POSE FOR 5 SECONDS FOR THE FIRST TIME OMG 😮

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[Image description: drawing of a yellow shark saying “Keep trying. Keep believing that it’s worth trying. Keep believing that you’re worth trying. You are. You’re worth the effort. You’re worthy of your dreams, your goals, your future. You deserve the best and you’re worthy of it, so keep working for it. Don’t give up. You can do this.” in a purple speech bubble.]

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I’ve been doing yoga for years now (pretty much self taught) but only started doing it regularly several months ago. I found adriennes channel this year and it is a god send!! This workout left me happy and refreshed 🤗 I wouldn’t recommend it if you’re just starting though because the moves are kinda advanced 🙄