It is 5:18 PM, MST, and I have just edited yesterday's initial or introductory blog. In doing so I have hopefully clarified what I hope to accomplish in the next nine months - and beyond. I indicated that I would continue the blog at least through the end of the year - some eleven months, although the initial BHAG (Big Harry Audacious Goal) is to create 3 (or 4) 'updated' replicas of historic architectural masterpieces - both on the computer, and in physical (model) form.
I also indicated that I planned to get from one to four national home and home decor magazines to participate in (sponsor) a national historic design competition. Finally, I shared my plan to have what I plan to call Macey's Thanksgiving Day Parade . . . of 'Model' Homes.
So there you have it:
- Complete replicas of three (or more) historic architectural masterpieces on the computer in both 2D and 3D, stills and video, and in drawing and physical model form. (While I did not spell this out in yesterday's entry, I must also enlist the assistance of a 'CAD Guy' to produce CD's - Construction Documents - of each home. These will be sold for profit either through my own website - yet to be created - and/or that of one or more of the national publications.)
- Initiate a national Historic Architecture Residential Design (HARD) Competition among one to four national home/home decor magazines. While recreating and updating these historic masterpieces is 'hard' work, when skillfully handled, the results will be both stunning and worth the effort!
- Carry out the First Annual Macey's Thanksgiving Day Parade . . . of Model Homes at an exclusive local residential development, on Thanksgiving weekend (Th, Fri, Sat), 2010.
So, in the time that remains today (I have to babysit for three of my now twenty-two grandchildren in an hour or so), I will work on the 3D computer model of the first of the homes I have selected, the Rosson House, in downtown Phoenix, AZ. In the spirit of confession, I photographed this house on the exterior only, some three to four months ago, but didn't take a single measurement. While I have completed the front elevation and right-side elevation drawings (with, perhaps, a few revisions remaining), along with a footprint (first floor outline plan), I have not set foot inside of the house, and have no clear concept of the layout of the two floors. I have started the 3D computer model, and will proceed with and probably finish it, but I will probably have to adjust both the outline plan and the elevations to meet the updated plan requirements.
While it will be a requirement that all 'historic replicas' (in both the development and the competition) maintain strict 'architectural integrity,' it is understood that in the process of 'updating' the plans, both the plans and elevations will necessarily change. While it is anticipated that the changes will be minor, it will be up to the skill and judgment of the architect/designer to maintain the 'spirit' of the original design - no matter how extensive the changes. Whether or not they succeed will be determined by the competition judges and the project's architectural review board.
With that I will leave you, although I will endeavor to post the two preliminary elevations, in order to give you a visual on the project. In order to get this approved for the development, the height restriction will have to be waived. (The tower may be 25' higher than that allowed.) It is also worth noting at this point that the deed restrictions for the development should also be modified to allow for smaller than the currently mandated 4,000 square foot homes, but with more clearly defined historic architectural criteria - namely that the design of each home be based on and closely follow that of an historic architectural residence, pre-approved by the project's ARB (Architectural Review Board).
Sorry to wax so 'technical.' I'll try to be less so as I weave the narrative from here on out. Thanks for joining us. I'm thrilled to have you on board. (Only 329 days to go!) Wow! We're almost there! In truth, defining the specific targets is a hugely important step along the way - the most important as it turns out! There can be no journey of our own choosing without a destination of our choice, or, as Walt Disney put it, "You must have a dream in order to have your dream come true!" - or words to that effect. He was, of course, 100% right!
While I did not do it justice in the First Edition of my third book, from The Secret of Life Series, the GPS, or Global Positioning System, can only offer guidance after we have specified a destination. We can see where we are on the map, but we receive zero direction until we have specified the target or objective. I did note in my book that in my own vehicle - an H2, at the time - the destination had to be set at the beginning of the trip, before moving. There is a tremendous parallel in that for us as well. We must specify our destination before we can receive guidance or know where to go. Once we have, the guidance is forthcoming, telling us how to get from wherever we are, to where we have said we want to go.
Stay tuned, and we'll see how well this works! One further thought . . . and an important one: While the 'secret of life' is that thought is the seed of all creation, the underlying truth is that there is no thought conception until there is a decision. Deciding is like the "one thing" that Curly talked about in Billy Crystal's classic movie City Slickers. Nothing happens until there is a decision!
As T. Harv Ecker put it in Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, "Most people don't have what they want, because they don't know what they want!" In order to get what we want, in any area of our life, we must first decide what that is. Until we do, nothing else matters! So while it may at first glance seem small, I have now taken the overridingly important first step. Now that I have, it can begin to become clear where I must go, or what I must do next - and that is a beautiful thing!
'Seacrest out!'
PS. Apparently I like to mix metaphors!
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