Leaving there and proceeding for three days toward the east, you reach Diomira, a city with sixty silver domes, bronze statues of all the gods, streets paved with lead, a crystal theater, a golden cock that crows each morning on a tower. All these beauties will already be familiar to the visitor, who has seen them also in other cities. But the special quality of this city for the man who arrives there on a September evening, when the days are growing shorter and the multicolored lamps are lighted all at once at the doors of the food stalls and from a terrace a woman's voice cries ooh!, is that he feels envy toward those who now believe they have once before lived an evening identical to this and who think they were happy, that time.
Leaving there... where are you leaving from?
DIO... from Latin Deus, from Italian Dio... indicating GOD
Mira... from Latin Mirus, from Italian Mirae... indicating WONDER, GOAL, AIM
Mira... from Latin Mirus, from Italian Mirae... indicating WONDER, GOAL, AIM
A place to wonder at God, a place wondered by God, a place of Godly goals, a place for those with goals to be closer to God, a place for those with goals to be God...
To look upon, to celebrate, to aspire, to become.
Magnify, lens, eyes, target, focus.
Magnify, lens, eyes, target, focus.
Domes.
from Latin Domus... indicating HOUSE (of the Church)...
Initial interpretation is a geodesic dome, the widest diameter along the grade.
Questioning interpretation is for a partial-sphere, orientation could be on it's edge, angled towards a point like a radar dish, angled towards a point along a plan. A dome could also rise above grade to be revealed. Are the domes separate, or are the domes grouped together. Domes typically form the central form for spiritual or significant buildings (government, temples, mosques... etc.).
from Latin Domus... indicating HOUSE (of the Church)...
Initial interpretation is a geodesic dome, the widest diameter along the grade.
Questioning interpretation is for a partial-sphere, orientation could be on it's edge, angled towards a point like a radar dish, angled towards a point along a plan. A dome could also rise above grade to be revealed. Are the domes separate, or are the domes grouped together. Domes typically form the central form for spiritual or significant buildings (government, temples, mosques... etc.).
Statue.
from Latin Statua... indicating TO STAND...
Initial interpretation is a bust of a personified being (humanoid).
Questioning interpretation are items frozen in physical form, totemic or sculptural. Although still, statues either embody a moment of artistic value (Thinker, David, Venus De Milo), or react to their environment (Cloud Gate, Wall Street Bull, Christ the Redeemer).
from Latin Statua... indicating TO STAND...
Initial interpretation is a bust of a personified being (humanoid).
Questioning interpretation are items frozen in physical form, totemic or sculptural. Although still, statues either embody a moment of artistic value (Thinker, David, Venus De Milo), or react to their environment (Cloud Gate, Wall Street Bull, Christ the Redeemer).
As a tangent, Architecture that is an 'object' or 'architecture for the sake of architecture' has been modern taboo within critics and commentary. These are sculptural forms that may be uninhabitable, or large structures that serve no function than to awe audiences. As whether or not these creations have a place, everyone has their own opinion depending on context.
Theater.
from Greek Theatron... indicating a PLACE FOR VIEWING...
Initial interpretation is a stage that allows actors and presenters to showcase for an audience.
Questioning interpretation is a space for intentional viewing to take place, which can occur both ways. 'Theater of the mind', a term for imagining interaction and events viewed from a third-person. Just as the stage is visible from the audience, the audience is visible from the stage. Focus is primarily directed toward the stage.
from Greek Theatron... indicating a PLACE FOR VIEWING...
Initial interpretation is a stage that allows actors and presenters to showcase for an audience.
Questioning interpretation is a space for intentional viewing to take place, which can occur both ways. 'Theater of the mind', a term for imagining interaction and events viewed from a third-person. Just as the stage is visible from the audience, the audience is visible from the stage. Focus is primarily directed toward the stage.
Tower.
from Latin Turris, from English Torr... indicating TOWER, or ROCK...
Initial interpretation is a tall vertical structure or element (in relation to surroundings?).
Questioning interpretation asks if a tower can curve or move horizontally. A tower is taller than it's surroundings, but not necessarily taller than the human scale. Computer 'towers' are tall due to their relationship to the desk and other electronic elements (keyboard, mouse, lamp... etc.). The tower element stands as a 'singular' element, but can be grouped (forming a skyline). To stand in singular form informs a certain strength (or weakness).
from Latin Turris, from English Torr... indicating TOWER, or ROCK...
Initial interpretation is a tall vertical structure or element (in relation to surroundings?).
Questioning interpretation asks if a tower can curve or move horizontally. A tower is taller than it's surroundings, but not necessarily taller than the human scale. Computer 'towers' are tall due to their relationship to the desk and other electronic elements (keyboard, mouse, lamp... etc.). The tower element stands as a 'singular' element, but can be grouped (forming a skyline). To stand in singular form informs a certain strength (or weakness).
A golden cock (male-bird) upon a tower informs a perceived importance for waking in the morning, a regular schedule to routine and productivity. Multi-coloured lights create a desire for dynamic activity even in the evening.
The city feels familiar, but urges persons to feel envy and a frustration in looking at their past (innocence, perspectives?). It is a place that you have arrived to by leaving 'there'. Perhaps it stirs a reminder of where 'there' was, a homesickness and exhaustion of the places you have been before. The city appears to be welcoming, but only to your past. It is a city of Memories.
