eric scott nelson

Life is guided by three things: question, observation, and reflection.

Work balances input and output.

Cities are living organisms.

Relationships are necessary.

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"The map is not the territory, the signifier is not the signified."

-ALFRED KORZYBSKI

"A man sets out to draw the world. as years go by, he peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays, ships, islands, fishes, rooms, instruments, stars, horses, and individuals. a short time before he dies, he discovers that that patient labyrinth of lines traces the lineaments of his own face."

-JORGE LUIS BORGES

“The fish trap exists because of the fish; once you’ve gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit; once you’ve gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words exist because of the meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten the words so I can have a word with him?”

-ZHUANGZI

"We do not know today whether we are busy or idle. In times when we thought ourselves indolent, we have afterward discovered, that much was accomplished, and much was begun in us."

-RALPH WALDO EMERSON

"The need that is manifest in the urgent impulsions that demand completion through what the environment - and it alone - can supply, is a dynamic acknowledgment of the dependence of the self for wholeness upon its surroundings."

-JOHN DEWEY