Andrew Wells, Charles Jencks

In comparison to the first few readings given in class, I found this one to be the easiest and most interesting. There were several quote that caught my attention. The first one is: "The only escape from rule governed art is to suppress from consciousness the canons behind one's creativity" (Cj, 281). What got me thinking was the way the author, Jencks, was able to bring a nice vivd image through his word choice. I envision a military personnel hiding behind a wall while it was being attack from the other side by heavy artillery. What I feel that Jencks is saying, is if you want to be a independent thinker and you want to free yourself from any form of hierarchy, you must defend your self by not paying attention and standing by what you believe in. Even if the wall falls apart, start over again but stronger.

Another quote that stood out clearly to me is: "The ambivalence accurately reflects this double state of transition, where activity moves away from a well-known point, acknowledges the move and yet keeps a view, or trace, or love of that past location" (Cj, 293). After reading this quote i did not see much into it the first time but after reading the packet again it stood out to me. The quote is referring to the architecture building of a place's ideal center but not knowing how to begin. I guess what i get from the quote is that to have a center for a plan, the architect must think of how to relate his art of a building in to something of his liking yet with the over-structure of something acceptable by the public.