‘talking about love is like dancing about architecture‘
a line in a script
although flawed
i wish i had written

one can dissect the end result
(foundation, walls, layout)
without ever fully understanding
the true beauty

all is rarely as it appears

sometimes
rules are meant to be broken
stepping outside the sandbox of physical laws
bending time
stretching space
redefining the notion of expectations

columns supporting columns that hold up columns
mutable walls letting or denying passage
windows appearing contextually
depending on the viewer
and how they choose to view

the word is my medium
i can’t dance
don’t dance
and usually don’t stand too near anyone who does
but in her case i would make every exception
publicly
spotlighted
gladly

there are exceptions to every rule
(including this one)

but i would return to university
immerse myself in the world of space design
eero saarinen
i m pei
frank lloyd wright
bathing in words and concepts
until i dreamt
every night
every day
of buildings and spaces and their endless forms

and i would watch the films
the ballerinas
the tap dancers
the performance artists
the gymnasts

and i would hire coaches
trainers
choreographers

and i would spend my remaining days composing
practicing
recording
perfecting the agar
on which to grow my experiment

because if i could one day dance about architecture
then maybe one day i can also
talk clearly about how much she means to me