“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”

Spoiler alert.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Billboards_Outside_Ebbing,_Missouri

Movie about;

Distance between a mother and her daughter,

Distance between a mother and her dead daughter,

Distance among the mother, her sun, her ex-husband and his new young girl friend,

Distance between criminal and the left family of the victim,

Distance between life in front of the mother and the past memory,

Distance between the left family and the police,

Distance between anger and the life,

Distance between justice and evil,

Distance between justice and egotism,

Distance between suffering and revenge,

Distance between arrogance and reform,

Distance between the chief and the officer,

Distance between the cop and the city,

Distance between advertise and the public,

Distance arising from church,

Distance between alcoholic and sane,

Distance between dead and life,

Distance between hate and hope,

Distance burnt in the fire,

Three billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri stand for all those distances...

But finally, where did those distance in the Mildred?

Was that sublimed by doing revenge to different person?

Could they live with that unreadable hurt?

Is architectural design personal or public?

A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable. Louis Kahn

Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/louis_kahn_117396

Architectural design is now often featured in magazines, TV and YouTube.
It seems everybody regards architectural design is for public, completely free subject for everybody to discuss.
Design is freedom, open to anybody! It is sometimes even regarded as a kind of symbol which frees old fashioned life style or habits.
But is that true?
Sometimes in fact a kind of great design breaks through old habits and it leads to new era, like iPhone did few years before.
Like such industrial design, also some kinds of architectural design breaks through the time and spread new style of life.
But still architecture is made one by one. And it basically belongs to its owner.
Architecture is totally a personal thing.
So its design in detail also very personal, which is not circulatable.
In a meaning, spirit of architectural design cannot be circulated via media, though a lot of architectural images are overflowing in Instagram, Pinterest and a lots of web site in internet.

In such context, I recall what Louise Kahn said. "A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable."


Probably that is now what he wanted to say, but I assume like below.

Architectural design begins from unmeasurable expectation, personal vision and uncirculatable imagination.
But it has to be done by measurable tools, actual companies in public, circulating info/materials.
Finally, it is going to be again unmeasurable by assembling all particular parts for only one time work, not replicable, very personal thing for owner and uncirculatable thing containing owner's whole life.

Still we need to use measurable tools to build and we need to rely on media to circulate soft material and hard material.
Google Earth helps site survey. Pinterest is useful to search for world design treand and even share image between owner. Even university students can create beautiful rendering image of skyscraper using free 3d modeling software without any experience in actual architectural design work.
But to achieve real architectural work, we need a kind of experience.
That might be ability to go back and forth between measurable and unmeasurable.
And we better not forget that very core of architectural design is something very personal, though it stands out in the middle of the city.
Is that going to be a hint for architects (especially working in a small atelier office) how to survive?

How to play in the field of unmeasurable using measurable tools?

“Shoplifters”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoplifters_(film)

https://youtu.be/ZdiqxV0B13Q

Spoiler alert.

A movie about,

Distance between standard life and poverty

Distance between secured life and dropout

Distance between family and jumble

Distance inside a family

Distance between a mother and her daughter

Distance between a child and an adult

Distance between a kicked out woman and a new wife

Distance between a grand mother and a grand child in-law

Distance between “throw away” and “pick up”

Distance between merchandise and property

Distance between steal and buy

Distance between real name and nickname

Distance between learning at home and studying at school

Time distance embedded in a snowman

Distance between a man and a dad

Distance between being a mom regardless of qualification and becoming as a mom

Distance between living in a real family with problems and living in a fake family with warm affection

Distance between an apartment living room and outside between a balcony

What did the girl stare at, from the balcony at the silent but shocking end?

Future or past?

Can a person overcome the distance by shoplifting?

“Miss Sloane”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Sloane

Spoiler alert.

Distance between the public demand and goverment policy.
Distance between a client and a seneator.
Distance between strategy and trick.
Distance between “Clean” and “Dirty”.
Distance between “the right thing” and “motivation”.
Distance between honesty and money!
Distance between official and unofficial.
Distance between non-profit organization and Monye!
Distance between supporter and opposition
Distance between someone’s success and attack to him/her
Distance between legal and illegal

Distance as “Lobby” for lobbyist...
Lobbyist is not producing anything directly. Just playing in the Distance to make things better or the client!

Excessiveness

Balance is always important in the world.

How to maintain sustainable environment on earth?
How to avoid conflict between nations?
How to keep developing a company?
How to reserve peace in a family......

In order to control total balance, sometimes we together with other parties, establish system to observe and restrict excessiveness of one party.

But in case, if people too much rely on observing and restricting system, world will get boring.

In addition, some kind of achievement can be always and only by something very special and strong motivation.
That kinds of motivation sometimes cannot be explained logically.
People are sometimes moved by unreasonable, unconsious and inexplicable motive.

Those shall not be used for excuse for crimes or terro attacks.
But in actual scene in culture, economy, sports or etc. it might be quite true that these kinds of unreasonable, unconsious and inexplicable motive, excessiveness or singularity always had changed the history and the world.
Somehow, excessiveness or singularity is leading or controlling the world.

In that context, measuring just distance by ordinary fixed ruler is totally useless.

How to evaluate, monitor and measure distance to in integrated ruler, excessiveness will be big theme for the world, nation, company and family.

Density of distance

Sometimes, we hesitate to approach to some kinds of people even though distance between the person and ourselves is same as distance between friends and ourselves.

We can say, that is psychological distance rather than physical distance.
But in another words, there is a density in distance, which works as resistance factor.

Not only measuring distance between 2 objects, but also identifying density, resistance factor, weight of distance is important.

50 ENJOYABLE

Does anybody think such stupid “Distancology” can change the world??

40 ACCIDENT

No plan to update.

Nobody can predict Accident, that’s why Accident.

30 FOUNDATION

Under Consturuction.

To be developed in future.

20 TOOL

Under Construction.

Hopefully to be developed in near future.

10 PLATFORM

Under Construction.

Or frankly speaking, no idea more than updating this blog as of now.

If anybody has any idea, please advise.

Goal of “Distancology”

1. To provide a PLATFORM to discuss about things by paying attention to “Distance” embedded to the subjects

2. To provide a TOOL to solve problems

3. To cultivate FOUNDATION to integrate “Distancology” into a kind of Pop-Piholophy

4. To encounter an ACCIDENT with somebody in the world to whom any of discussion in here gives a hint for his/her slightly better life than yesterday by coninsidence or misinterpretation

5. To change this world just a little bit more ENJOYABLE

Introduction

To be written someday...

Distance engraved in Surface of Tree Trunk

<Cherry in Japan>

Distance as Years the tree lived till today
Distance between life of the tree and environment
Distance between the life of tree and moss
Distance of all lives of whom played in the park where the tree was planted, of whom cherished its beautiful blossoms every year and of whom just passed by
Distance of all winds, rains and sunshine for years

https://pin.it/gtbahvmjw5mgxz

<Palm tree in Jakarta>

Immeasurable...

I was trapped by the word “distance” almost 20 years before.
And started this kind of blog to memorize for myself.
“Distancology” is half joke but half serious for me.

But sometimes we have to admit, there are things we cannot measure......

- Death
- One-sided love
- Conflict
- Dream

Or etc.

Previously I idiotically imagined such “Distancology” can suggest a hint or help people to solve problems in their lives. Something like a methodology or even a Philosofy.

But the real issues in a life are far beyond “distance”.

Still, or rather, that’s why, I would like to continue silly blog!

“Manchester by the Sea”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_by_the_Sea_(film)

Spoiler alert

Distance between Daddy and his little kids
Distance between life and death
Distance between a stove and flammable floor
Distance in fire
Distance between home and a conenience store
Distance between crazy fun and a tragedy
Distance between memories and a fact
Distance betweeen inexhaustible love and a mistake
Distance between alchole and life
Distance between a husband and his ex-wife
Distance between an uncle and his nephew
Distance between trauma and a life in front
Distance between Manchester by the sea and Boston
Distance between a boy and an alcoholic mother
Distance between two brothers
Distance between friends
Distance between male friends and a wife
Sea and a boat as hopeful Distance between the nephew’s new life and the uncle’s irrecoverable wounded life

I used to think a movie which connote various kinds of distance between things is great movie, but the “Manchester by the Sea” shows more (or rather should I say, none?)

One way direction towards lost kids as infinity distance, immeasurable distance...
That’s why this movie is so heavy and bring people at a loss for words.

This is not at all just a story of one guy trying to have his life over again.
Rather, he gave up that and stood in front of the fact.

Excellent movie.