[UA] Gaudi, Stolze, Fuller

[Dean Reilly]

This is probably the most obvious reference ever, but this post puts me in mind of Lovecraft's Hounds of Tindalos, which were only able to manifest from corners- at least I think it's Lovecraft- might have been Derleth, or one of the other imitators.  Perhaps Goya had asimilar problem to Lovecraft's protagonist, who obsessively plastered over all of the corners in his room, only to "die mysteriously" during an earthquake.

Greg Stolze <holycrow at mindspring.com> wrote:
>his buildings look organic, like the
>apartment building he did where all surfaces but the floor are curved (even
>your floor); it looks like you live inside a giant seashell. I'm going to
>try to find some links to photos)

This makes me think of R. Buckminster Fuller, with his geodesic domes (the
only structure that gets stronger as it increases in size). He's one of my
all-time favorite geniuses.

Now, let's bisociate. Two geniuses, each of whom constructs buildings that
break the square corner paradigm. I'm going to mix in a throw-away detail
from one of my books -- a guy who believes that a devil is spying on him
from hard right angles.

So here's a concept: Right angles project some kind of stultifying "conform
to the gestalt!" vibe, and living in a house without them frees you up to
think unconventionally.

-G.

"Anyway, after that, I became known around the campus as 'the D&D guy,' which
made me the de facto expert on the occult. I really didn't know that much,
so I got a subscription to Time/Lifes Mysteries of the Unknown series, to
bone up."
-Tim Toner


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