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I like solid wooden doors. I like them thick and full of character. Especially hung in non-standard frames. The Phyrst, for example, has a wonderful door. The door to my apartment bedroom is a terrible violation of this aesthetic. It's the standard dimensions, which can only be expected for most internal doors, but it's made as cheaply as
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I like stained glass windows a lot, and round windows, which is why I made a small, round stained glass window to carry with me from house to dorm room to the tiny, grungy apartment I'll probably live in post-college. It can be hung in front of an existing window, and the light comes through, and it makes interesting patterns on the floor.
You probably could not do this type of thing with a heavy wooden door, and more's the pity.
It's a good rationalization, plus, if you wouldn't have the initiative to get the book out of the library, I imagine you also wouldn't have the initiative to buy a copy, and then you wouldn't have read it at all, and that would be a real shame. I mean, if you aren't spending money either way, I think more exposure for the artist > less exposure for the artist.
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when my apartment was broken into, i had a padlock installed on the door, so you would have to use a lock and key to open it.
apparently not. over spring break when i was home, my roommate needed to get into my room (which i thought was substantially locked) to let the comcast guy in. she pried the dead bolt out of the door (screws and all), and now there are just four holes in my door and a dead bolt on my dresser.
i don't think i've ever felt so un-safe :(
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the same author as "John Dewey, Robert Pirsig, and the Art of Living: Revisioning Aesthetic Education"
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