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INSPIRATION

 Recently I received a glossy magazine that a German car manufacture sends out, with the factory closed for the summer break allowing the mind to wander, there was an article where a quotation was used which caused me to think on the concept illustrated.

 Many companies have used and still use the statement incorporating “form and function” but none get to the very essence of the quotation that was originated by Louis Sullivan who in 1896 wrote the statement as recorded below.

It is the pervading law of all things organic and inorganic

Of all things physical and metaphysical

Of all things human and all things super-human

Of all true manifestations of the head,

Of the heart, of the soul,

That the life is recognizable in its expression,

That form ever follows function.

This is the law.

Frank Lloyd Wright was his assistant at that time, later placed his own stamp on this quotation when he wrote

 “Form and Function should be one joined in a spiritual union”

I believe that in any form of creation whether in architecture or as in my case  components for office furniture without an additional element that comes from within, whether it is an internal drive or passion that drives for a different element we continue to produce just the ordinary and whilst this sells and keeps the factory in production, that which is out of the ordinary touched by that “spiritual union” is what we strive for which turns the market to a new direction that through form and function creates difference to the workspace of user. The definition of spirituality is that what relates the human spirit or soul as opposed to the material or physical things.

What is SPIRITUALITY in a creative idiom as I see it?

The basic meaning of spirituality is that it is a term which encompasses everything that we can’t see directly with our eyes, directly perceive with our other senses and know by mere reason.

Visionary perception of trends and use of new materials

An inner path enabling new discoveries

A limitless essence, being of the spirit, indicates there are no boundaries being initially a conception that lacks material form or body or substance, how we tap into the essence is possibly a gift that we receive at birth, how we accept and develop that gift is to walk with the passion within.

History and the passion of those who walked before can stand as positive role models, if we are quiet and listen.

But if anyone can tell me the source of visionary inspiration please let me know, in the meantime the walk along the alternative path is a very enjoyable one.