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Perhaps Jim Speyer was there that evening | Perhaps Jim Speyer was there that evening | ||
and we slipped out together, leaving | and we slipped out together, leaving Mies | ||
still seated in the black armchair in a mist | still seated in the black armchair in a mist | ||
of cigar smoke. | of cigar smoke. | ||
There was a certain metaphysical vein | There was a certain metaphysical vein | ||
which I enhanced the standard topic of | which I enhanced the standard topic of Mies | ||
himself. I suppose that it was pretty thoroughly | himself. I suppose that it was pretty thoroughly | ||
bogus in the sense that it represented only an feature | bogus in the sense that it represented only an feature | ||
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ear case in the hygiene of the soul - as almost | ear case in the hygiene of the soul - as almost | ||
anything which might enrich my own awareness, | anything which might enrich my own awareness, | ||
presumably by showing me how | presumably by showing me how Mies' had | ||
been enriched. And I dutifully contemplated lobious | been enriched. And I dutifully contemplated lobious | ||
modules although I was more able to see any organic | modules although I was more able to see any organic | ||
connection between the proportions of the human body | connection between the proportions of the human body | ||
and those of the Scrooge or any other house, or what | and those of the Scrooge or any other house, or what | ||
Revision as of 04:16, 24 July 2021
Perhaps Jim Speyer was there that evening and we slipped out together, leaving Mies still seated in the black armchair in a mist of cigar smoke. There was a certain metaphysical vein which I enhanced the standard topic of Mies himself. I suppose that it was pretty thoroughly bogus in the sense that it represented only an feature to his professional personality and not a true inwardness inevitable in the character of the medieval peasant as I had chosen to see it; at any rate I read Guardini, as he urged, and tried to lend myself to the concept of liturgy as an element in the "hierarchy of values, or a mystic dimension of religion, or a selling up ear case in the hygiene of the soul - as almost anything which might enrich my own awareness, presumably by showing me how Mies' had been enriched. And I dutifully contemplated lobious modules although I was more able to see any organic connection between the proportions of the human body and those of the Scrooge or any other house, or what