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DANIEL LIBESKIND ON OVATION TV as seen by (me!) sandra, tvgp

ORIGINAL POST 02/05/2007: on my growing list of great programs

DANIEL LIBESKIND: ARCHITECT on ovation tv (here, channel 270/comcast)

fabulous/wonderful/powerful in every way

it did take me several minutes to acclimate myself to -seeing him. hearing his voice

i had only read (and fallen in love with) his book, breaking ground. -and until this show did not even know how to pronounce his last name. in my head i was saying, lib is kind. on the show, it is: lee bis skin

anyway..

i am a huge admirer. i know little -nothing really- about architecture; building buildings

so make here a layman analogy from a writer/reader perspective:

sometimes when i read a biography, it feels like what is revealed is the author's talent/ego over the actual goal, which is to share the life experiences of a given person.

and sometimes, even though the talent of the author, the biographer, is indeed magnificent -i'm lost (engaged lost, not lost/lost) in the ultimate goal, which is the life story of the given person

this is what i find true in daniel libeskind's architecture

he really, honestly, beautifully takes in, understands, and communicates the life experience, the history, the trauma, the triumph, the despair, the hope

and lends his talent to it -but it never seems his ego usurps the purpose of the building -even though his buildings contain his ego

and i'm among the people very disappointed (and confused) as to why his buildings were not chosen for ground zero in new york

although this program helped explain some of that for me...

and then i just smiled, smiled, smiled

because his freedom tower

-well, it's like we so often here/read in church about how God works

how a "no" seen in the moment can be very disappointing; even devastating

but given time

can turn into an even bigger, better, yes.

i don't know that i will ever get to experience any of libeskind's buildings from the inside

but i sure am grateful for his book, his work, his contributions, -and to all the people who put this program together

and what a great quote:

"if you're not in love -you're dead." ~daniel libeskind.

posted by SHE @ 8:18 AM