Vision Series 15: Good Buildings
THE VISION SERIES
A GBD MICROSITE
“Good buildings come from good people, and all problems are solved by good design.”
Stephen Gardiner
FACTS ABOUT VISION: Humans See More than 24 Million Images in a Lifetime
The average human will live to 81 years of age if they are female, or 76 years of age if they are male. If you live to the average age, your eyes will have processed more than 24 million images throughout your lifetime. [A]
BOOKS ABOUT EYES: “A Gaze Hound That Hunteth By the Eye: Poems”
by Penelope Pelizzon, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2024
Written over a decade while the author lived on four continents, A Gaze Hound That Hunteth by the Eye maps the cultural legacies we cherish against those we reject. Playful and wrenching by turns, with lines inflected by the spoken music of their Arabic, Oshiwambo, Xhosa, and Italian contexts, these profound poems explore a life where displacement is the norm. From choosing not to have children to wrestling with a left-hand stick shift in Johannesburg traffic to braising a camel loin for friends in Damascus, V. Penelope Pelizzon’s poems transport us into unexpected depths of feeling with language that is scintillant, luxurious, and wise. [B]
[A] The facts above are from the Magruder Eye Institute.
[B] The books noted are from a list by BiblioVault.
