{"id":7797,"date":"2013-09-29T08:20:50","date_gmt":"2013-09-29T15:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/?p=7797"},"modified":"2013-09-29T08:20:50","modified_gmt":"2013-09-29T15:20:50","slug":"gaudi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/2013\/09\/29\/gaudi\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaudi"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of the few photos I took (though everybody had their cameras in the air). The interior is as majestic as the exterior, full of organic forms, original engineering, attention to light, color, message, sound . . . and a presence that moves one toward\u00a0awe<\/em>.
\nBelow<\/em>, the more familiar exterior (artistically handled).<\/h6>\n

We traveled to Barcelona. I’d particularly wanted to see the work of the over-the-top creative architect, Antoni Gaudi. Though I’m not one to use the word “awe” lightly, I could happily make an exception here.<\/p>\n

In the past I’ve wondered who this person was that seemed to do architecture without a straightedge. And how the society in which he lived allowed him to decorate their landscape with designs seemingly inspired by sandcastles. How little I knew. It’s one of the benefits of travel, and “being there.”<\/p>\n

Since you’re not, I’ll not try to further describe it all.<\/p>\n

Except this, besides being an obvious genius, he was about as God-dedicated as they come. Of all the monumental structures we’ve seen on this trip, each obviously built to impress, this one, the Church of the Holy Family<\/em>, also impresses; but the focus is not as much to the architect but to the Grand Commissioner.<\/p>\n

Not sure if the other thousand or so visitors that shared the space with us saw all this the same way. I know I am having some hours of renewed wonder about that Grand Commissioner myself, along with Anne, as we drive around on this trip. But more on that another day. (Maybe.)<\/p>\n

For the moment, it’s a brief tribute to Antoni Gaudi, another example of one who gave himself to one thing, dedicated his particular gifts to the highest being, created a “life work,” and left a monument and inspiration for the rest of us.<\/p>\n

Incidentally, though it consumed the greater part of his life, it’s not finished. Construction is still going on, and will yet for a long time. It’s a life work bigger than one life.<\/p>\n

I’m awed.<\/p>\n

\"Sacrada-Familia-Artistic\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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It’s another example of a life work, a monument that inspires . . . but to me, a “notion” that inspires just as much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7797"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7797"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7816,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7797\/revisions\/7816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}