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Dwelling in Possibility
Howard Mansfield
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Description for Dwelling in Possibility
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: GM; TNKX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
The mystery that attracts Howard Mansfield's attention is that some houses have life-are home, are dwellings, and others aren't. Dwelling, he says, is an old-fashioned word that we've misplaced. When we live heart and soul, we dwell. When we belong to a place, we dwell. Possession, they say, is nine-tenths of the law, but it is also what too many houses and towns lack. We are not possessed by our home places. This lost quality of dwelling-the soul of buildings-haunts most of our houses and our landscape. Dwelling in Possibility is a search for the ordinary qualities that ... Read more
The mystery that attracts Howard Mansfield's attention is that some houses have life-are home, are dwellings, and others aren't. Dwelling, he says, is an old-fashioned word that we've misplaced. When we live heart and soul, we dwell. When we belong to a place, we dwell. Possession, they say, is nine-tenths of the law, but it is also what too many houses and towns lack. We are not possessed by our home places. This lost quality of dwelling-the soul of buildings-haunts most of our houses and our landscape. Dwelling in Possibility is a search for the ordinary qualities that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bauhan (William L.),U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780872331679
SKU
V9780872331679
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99-17
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