Windows to...?

Why have architects, designers, builders, and homeowners or renters always wanted windows in attics and crawlspaces? I think that some builders and architects simply want to give the illusion of more space, more floors, levels. And, I believe that the inhabitants of those homes or apartments or tenements or condos may simply want to see the outside.


Whether its an unihabitable skyline, or some barren piece of earth, inhabited by roots, and pipes, and underground creatures; it still represents freedom. Something bigger than ourselves, our spirits. The ability to soar like any fowl on the earth, or to burrow deep into the unknown among all the underearth creatures.


Whatever the motivations, these windows truly represent the human spirit, I believe. It is wide & open and encompassing & shriveled and triumphant & unconquered and dark & light and new & ancient and proud & unsure and solid & shaky and nurturing & draining and loving & hateful. And, it can succeed just as it fails, and it lifts us and pulls us down.


And it is our essence....just as those windows in attics and crawlspaces create the essence of that house or apartment or tenement or condo.

*This was originally posted to my myspace page on 06/12/08. The thoughts and sentiments remain valid :-)