I'm an ARCHITECT damnit!!

The richness of life invents and reinvents our perceptions of the built environment around us. How we view people, spaces, experiences, nature, emotions, nuances, subtleties and intricacies help to enrich our senses to feel and create a sense of place in every space. Each moment, we record in our memories, memos, diaries, sketch books, napkins....all vivid and collectively expressing time passing by, expressing one's maturity in thought and approach not just to architecture, but people and life. We observe people, we learn from people, we see and we feel people's lives being intertwined with ours. Such a astounding relationship is something that NOT many professions can offer...we practice an art- a sacred trust.

Architects create the buildings and cities where we live our lives. They design the places where we dwell, raise families, play, work, dream, and relate to one another. These environments are the settings, the containers for the transactions, rituals, events, and celebrations of individuals, families, groups, societies. The built environment affects our health, safety, mood, productivity, our sense of belonging, well-being, and personal value. Architecture keeps it FUNKY! A resounding funk that shapes the way in which we live out each occasion, sing each note each moment of our life.

All this is about designing and building environments for life and love. We are privileged to work at that magic point where human dreams and needs are transformed into concrete designs and ideas, visions of built shapes in real materials. Well-planned environments enhance our quality of life, facilitate communication, promote convenience and productivity, nurture our spirit, and delight our senses. They enable, empower us to live well and do our best work.

Good architects are not just good designers. We are good listeners, articulate speakers and writers, incisive thinkers, and excellent organizers. We are good with people, able to lead project teams, and help diverse client groups reach consensus and envision exciting project possibilities. Good architects continually seek to expand their vocabulary of project analysis tools and their reservoir of design answers to project requirements and challenges. We ask penetrating questions, see the larger picture, and guide projects through complex situations (the nuances of now) to the desired results.

Indeed

Many of us are quick to proclaim that the only true constant in life is change. Well, Let me be amongst the 1st to disagree with that notion. In my life, the only true constant is God even when change was hoped for and nowhere to be found; God is there. Wow, what a thought! As I come to a pivotal point in my earthly existence, and look back at all that I am, and all that I have been through and the common denominator has and continues to be God. Even at times when I didn't deserve it or fell short, God has continuously blessed me and showered me with His grace, mercy, and forgiveness. God is GREAT! It is now my sincere prayer that He continues to purify my heart, increase my faith, and strengthen my soul so that I can fulfill my "soul" purpose of serving him! God is so REAL...

In the beginning

By no means am I a poet, writer, philosopher, or the like. What I am is a self proclaimed urban sophisticate on a highly customized journey (some people name the journey life). As I continue on this journey I have found it easier and oft times even therapeutic to vent, talk, and discuss the lessons and experiences learned along the way. That is the point of this medium. It is my thing....full of incorrectness, typos, mispelled words, profanity, run on sentences and any other thing that I feel adequately gets my point across to not you but me. I'm the pilot and you are merely a passenger for a short ride. Buckle up, its gonna be a bumpy ride!