This diagram is the representation of aging process of individual - human as a biological being. Interestingly, the diagram also contains the information that can be somewhat called "life pattern", which makes me think, all the attempt to be little different from given trajectory won't be eventually that different in the end, other that subtle variation. In the end, once the biological pattern is ignored, human is not human anymore.
By the way, this website called the diagram has been posted some really simple but mind challenging diagrams on the website. I've been a silent supporter of their work - because when the diagrams are taken out from their existing context, and only presented by itself, it totally gains different meaning than the fact it contains inside. Like this diagram above - if it was in biology text book, it would have been looked at very limited perspective.
2 comments:
I like how one's wisedome and life-knowlage continues to increase, even through ones 70's and 80's.
I guess your posting this as an analogy for buildings, architecture. To me it seems to be pretty similiar, but for buildings more complex, and not always the case. As you have said, buildings detioration is linked to its occupants, and its relevance to its original program. If a building is not used, it is usually not maintained. Leaks occur in the roof, the floor and walls start to rot, and the building ages faster. On the other hand if an occupant moves in, it can heal, like a living being, new paint, protects the steel from rusting. Kinda like new cloths and bright red lipstick, on an old lady building. Old lady has lots of wisdom built in her head, memories, she knows how to react in any situation, she remembers past experiences, and acts on those memories. All her previous adaption had weakened her. walls had been drilled into for mounting air conditioners. staircases added, load bearing walls taken out and replaced with beams, time had taken its toll. But all her scars had added a strange kind of readable beauty.
i love your analogy! i didn't mean to draw connection between the building and human aging but hell yeah! definitely there's connection - in the end, bldgs are there to serve ppl, and reflecting the dream of the eternity that can't be achieved by human beings..
how's things with u?? everything ok? (like roberto would say..)
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