I’ve begun reading Alain de Botton’s book of the same title and he is right, architecture can make little real difference to our state of mind, but it can help. I think. I spend so much of my time yearning for other homes that I forget to look about me. Am I dry, warm, safe, held, do I have enough food, clothes, meaningful work, and if the answer is yes, then why the lack of happiness, or even contentment? These are not outer feelings but inner ones. The outer stuff of our lives only touch the surface. I need to stop and consider this…daily.
