In my architectural studies, we, as students/trainees, are always encouraged to design, and by that notion of design, it means to create our own (roughly stamping our authority and signature on our design).  Surely an artist in everyone would love to express ourselves.

But then, there comes a question of ego in art, especially when it comes to a profession where you have to use your art provide service to other people. In any design profession, the client usually is THE designer. And most designers already know this, that to get their money, they have to succumb to the client's visions. That's an issue I won't talk so much about.

Instead, let's all look at the design concept of...

Addition vs Destroy&Create

This issue has a lot to deal with cause and effect theory. And it also involves metaphysical energies. For example, lets say you are asked to design a house on a certain hill. The first thing you will do is to have a site visit.  And then you saw that hill, some vision and idea starts to spring in your mind. You saw that opportunity of the hill, having a fantastic view of a city, therefore you designed the house in such a way that it orientates towards that scenic view. And so, you jot and sketch them down. Then you present your design proposal to your client.

What happened was that, the object of that hill has led to the creation of your design. And you would assume that that hill was 'created' by nature. So what you had basically done was that you "created upon a created".  All that strange cosmic energies that the hill provides, you had actually sensed it and managed to make use of them for your design. For example, the beautiful scenic views would have given an immense sense of joy and happiness to the house owner, and therefore he would feel extremely satisfied and comfortable with his new house.

There are some other designers who think differently. They don't "see" all those strange energies and opportunities on site. Instead, they decided to destroy that hill and build a nice house on it.  This isn't necessarily wrong approach, as the designer has still created an object anyway. And therefore, this new object creates a new energy of its own in that place.  For example, its energy maybe an extremely radical visual aesthetic, like the house stands out a lot on that hill and catches your eye frequently. Passers-by will often be drawn by it, and these are already the effects the designer had caused.

And who knows that new house might be 'created upon created' again by another designer whos hired to do renovation on it. But of course, before that can happen, it means the radical house idea has probably dissatisfied the client after living there for several years. The negative energies has led to that.

With many different types of architects and designers we have in this world, the environmental world really goes round and round.

Flying back and forth between KL and Melbourne often gives me melancholic emotions, where I can often feel the transition of one 'comfort' zones changing to the next. I really hate it. Whenever I feel adapted to one place, I often do not feel like I wanna leave that place. Coz of the fear of missing that place and all its experiences. And I don't mean just that. There are also missed 'opportunities',  like building/strengthening relationships with your loved ones.

Now that I am still in Melbourne, there is still a long time more before I go back to Malaysia end of this year. I've already made quite a number of friends, and I'm so used to the lifestyle here. All these contributes to the experience and atmosphere I get in Melbourne. And I live in the city,  it's probably the greyest and gloomiest city I've ever lived in (You can try checking it out in Google Earth). I'm really living a new life that I'm doing for myself.

I still remember those days of touching down at Melbourne Airport. The moment when winds rushes through me, all the nostalgia came back.  Melbourne, to me, 'tastes' like a grey-looking minty sweet. The people I meet here, the shit I get from uni, they all taste like that minty sweet,  like, sweet but slightly polluted if you know what I mean.

Then, there are those days of touching down at KLIA. The hot oven-like humid air brings back 20 years of memories. But the experience felt like a complex one. They're like a yellowish-orange blob of hot air that contains the
smell of grass of new house,
the smell of carpets & beds of my old house,
driving the sunny modern-looking highways in KL,
and the spicy/curry smells of Asian cuisine complimented by Asian environmental scents.
Whereas, emotionally, usually makes me feel rather sad. I was coming back to where I came from. All my closest friends and people who meant the most to me are all here. Thats when the danger of getting emotionally attached comes in..
then I don't feel like going back to Melbourne anymore.

Sorry for the slow update of this blog. Not that anyone comes here often anyway. I like blogging whenever I feel like it. You know, it makes the blog more substantial that way, filled with genuine and purposeful contents and without constant everyday rubbish. Ok, I know I'm self-praising so I should stop here.

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Anyway, recently I've been realising a small pattern into how karmas work around people's lives. The common scenario is when someone's 'karma' is passed onto another person. Don't understand?  Well heres a direct & simple example:

Lets say, your grandfather taught your father a huge lesson when he was young. It was a harsh lesson on your father that he remembered till this day. Of course your father was very revengeful on your grandfather and he couldn't believed he has been treated unfairly. The natural reaction of that was to get it back at the offender. But no, the dad took it out on his son and use that to teach his son as a lesson. Thus, the 'karma' was passed onto the son.

This is when an action/knowledge is passed on to someone else (regardless of age/time). Here is another common example that happens quite often in relationships:

A loves B, but B rejects A.   B loves C instead, but C doesn't love B. 
The 'karma' was passed from A to C.   B now felt rejection like how A had felt.

Now, you would ask yourself this question, "What happens if the person did not offend the other person in the first place,  would that stop 'karma' from passing to another?"

I'm not sure the answer myself, but I'd say there might be a BIG chance of it to stop that karma. But you can never guarantee because if you try to look at a bigger picture, like a whole society,  so much 'karmas' are being passed on to each other at every second. Well, maybe 'karma' isnt the right word, lemme rephrase that.

"So much of people's PROBLEMS are passed onto another person everyday."

That sounds more tangible. You may already think about how bosses/lecturers give you work and assignments, like how the bosses need you to work for them to survive. Of course, we always have problems everyday. Question is, "Do we keep it and dissolve that problem ourselves or do we pass it on to another?" 

Of course everyone chooses the easier way.  I do too, sometimes..


*Disclaimer: 'Karma' term in this blogpost, is more accurately defined as instant karma, but not karma that affects past/future life.