There are places where light is the intruder, almost caves deep in the heart of the stone. Where the reality is stranger than the photograph.
Frank Lloyd Wright attempted to promote a harmony between human habitation the the natural world so that a building, its furnishings and surroundings became a part of a unified, interrelated whole. He got it backward.
Human habitation can never be in harmony with the natural world. Because the natural world is in a constant state of dynamic change. Human construction resists change, while the natural world changes with each passing day of light and dark, rain and snow, wind and storm.
The natural world is always dangerous. Seeking harmony with nature and its environs means living with the possibility that the same forces that create the beauty of nature will turn on you and become your enemy.
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