Vision or Division

      I just heard a wonderful teaching on Sunday that opened my eyes.  I always knew how the brain perceives color, but I had never thought of it in regards to vision.   As a designer what I see determines the scope of the project.  My job is to convey what I see to the client.  Potential. 

 

Thoughts like elements of design dictate lifestyle

  Did you know that according to scientific facts only 50% of what we see is termed

“ VISION”?   We gather information from our surroundings.  Our brain interprets the impulses of what we see.  We can send a wrong message to the brain.  Others help us interpret what we see, but my preconceived thoughts often shape the style of the room. That is why I have to listen to the client so that the client’s dreams are produced rather than mine.  If I have a style of room in mind this shapes me.  We often have a mindset that determines how we respond.

     We paint pictures with words.  Stories are told using visuals.  Decorating magazines translate wonder and help the reader transform a room.

 

      As an interior designer it is essential that I listen as well as see.   My job description demands visual interpretation.  If half of what I see does not exist, then I must get inside the space and imagine.   I must see where the room is headed so harmony is achieved.  Listening to others and really hearing what is said opens communication.

         One Vision

   Have you ever been in a restaurant and the chatter was so loud no one could hear the others at the table.  This is so true in forming good client relations.  We need to make sure distractions die.  We need to be reading off the same menu at the beginning of the project.  Selections and tastes may differ but we all appreciate fine food.  Great design comes when I hear my client’s heart and deliver what was ordered.

         To make anything run smoothly ONE vision is necessary.  I read this anonymous quote: “A task without vision is drudgery and a vision without a task is a dream; a task with a vision is victory”.

 

                  Division

        When too many visions collide they cause a wreck.  In most life situations we call this DIVISION or two visions.  They each are vying for attention.   In marriage as well as in interior design we must be one.  A team effort and collaboration of ideas transforms situations.  We arrive at a clear vision on how to proceed.

     My husband and I always seek answers by listening to each other first.  We then pray together and doors open.   We are working as a team.  Clues come, adding to our success.   Joy jumps up inside when we form one VISION.  I am so excited when his or my old mindset moves and makes way for change.

  VISION defines your SPACE; One  vision simplifies your TASTE and solidifies your STYLE.

 

Questionnaire

  A good interior designer draws out what is inside of the client. As we muse and collect what we gravitate to in a picture, a story is revealed. Take time to imagine and believe your greatest dreams can come true.

Here are some suggestions & questions you may ask yourself to get you started with your project.       

              1.  How do I translate this dream home into making it my home?

              2.  Look through the magazines and books and imagine

              3.  Would this feel right?

              4.  Do I see myself behind this stove?

              5.  Eating in this space?

              6.  Enjoying the spectacular view?

  7.  As you gather material categorize

              8.  Over the top- comfortable-pleasant

              9.   You will see a trend in your collection

             10.  Always exposing the real you- what’s inside your heart!

             11.  Remember the words of the psalmist

Food for thought:    

“Delight yourself also in the Lord and He will give you the desires and secret petitions in your heart”  -Ps. 37:4

 

 

            

 

 

continued, CHANGE

       I just read this article tonight.  It is a continuation of how we start to rearrange our ROOM. Change begins by a personal inventory.  We will discuss design points later.  Here are a few excerpts that got me INSIDE my OWN SPACE!   You can read all of Rabbi Ecksteins  article with the link below.   I am so glad we do not have to wait outside the GATE.  We just go in.  Are you ready ? 

The King is in the Field August 20, 2009

During this time, doing teshuvah calls us to do an accounting of the soul. What this means practically is taking an unflinching inventory of who we are, where we are, what we've done and what we need to do, and asking ourselves some hard questions. What sins or mistakes do we need to atone for? What gifts or talents do we need to better utilize? What personality traits do we need to work on in the coming year? When we come to this point next year, what do we hope to have accomplished? This process of self-examination may be uncomfortable or even painful, but it is necessary.

There is a parable associated with the month of Elul that sheds light on its significance and its power: Jews, like Christians, believe that we always have access to God. But, Elul, the Jewish Sages say, is the time when "the King is in the field"—when God's Presence is even more immediate, even more accessible. During the year, a subject could see the King: But he needed an appointment, and he'd have to go to the King's Castle where he'd wait at the gate, and then be let in through a series of chambers, and, finally, to the throne room where he'd have his audience with the King. During Elul, though, the King comes to His subjects—He is right there, waiting. It is only up to us to approach Him.

http://www.ifcj.org/site/News2?abbr=rabbi_&page=NewsArticle&id=29049&news_iv_ctrl=1481

Changing Places

      We have talked about a focal point in a room.  How this is what grabs your attention.  When a room's decor shifts, other design elements become secondary.  When you move a large scale piece of furniture the balance shifts.  To avoid confusion we learned how color can often play up or down a focal point.  So often we are unsure of changing the room's position by readjusting the point of view.    A life lesson learned came as a sudden surprise when I had to let go of an incident with my teenage son.  All I could think about was how could I let go of the disappointment of his action.  The late phone call and sleepless night.   My focus had to change.

      As the pieces of my ROOM came in FULL View, I knew nothing in my space was holding together.  Balance was off.   It was not a matter of being asymmetrical or symmetrical.  The dominant FOCUS in my interior was not pleasing.   I changed the center.  Re-centering perspective.  Visual appeal shifted.  My STYLE in the room changed.   The subconscious confusion improved as I moved furniture in my soul.  Praise surfaced.  I suddenly saw beauty.

       Praise unlocked and recaptured my VIEW.   The wonder of G-d's creation!   He was a  fine scholar, star athlete and a GREAT kid.    He did not have to  change.  His position in my room CHANGED.  I am so thankful that I changed PLACES.

  

      I moved the focal point.  Things in our life change and get re-arranged.  I have learned we must remain STEADY as we move furniture.  We may loose our grip.  Like our heart furniture can be BROKEN.

LAUGH

    I laughed in the movie Julia and Julie till I knew I had found something.    We take everything in life too seriously.  I am always say this to the unexpected designer days.  Take for example a color selection on a fabric for a sofa.  Our perception is different than when it arrives.  The color seems a little off for the design direction intended.   Will this wreck my world?  Or can I readjust the room to balance this using different pillows and accessories.  We can not get our heart set on perfection in this imperfect world.  We start examining too closely  the "things" around us we forget, "it is only furniture".   I want to be like Julia and learn to flip any omelette with flair.    To learn how to recreate a wonderful French sauce and serve with laughter!  We need to enjoy life. Are others reading our recipes and enjoying the  Joy of  Cooking?

    Thank you Julie for teaching me to blog.   May laughter line your thoughts.  May peace direct your view.  

     As we expand our view

              we often expand our SPACE.

                        Moving regret often makes room for more comfortable SEATING.

         WHICH WAY ARE YOU LOOKING?  

Peace Fatigue

         I find it so amusing that everyone is talking about land.  We all want a piece of it. 

The Peace of it!  

       One time in my travels to Israel  everyone was wearing orange.  Not Orange Bowl hats!To my surprise they were protesting the taking of their land in Gush Katif.  I went there.  I saw homes visited families.  Talked to children disturbed by the peace process.

       I read an amusing article about a woman standing up to the Peace process.  She shows how actions over rule words.  She is painting another view.  She showed solutions producing HOPE.  She became an answer to the FIX.  Read the article maybe you can become a solution.  She is not waiting for OTHER’S to be the FIX!    Here is the article:

From the Sands of Gush Katif to the Rolling Hills of Lachish

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1248277940963

 

        Nothing has changed ”Peace Fatigue” has set in the Land.   See the blog that follows this post.  We are all wearied.  Waiting for change is exhausting.  I know when my Peace Index is tested. 

       Builders are buried in the mire of banks!    Furniture seems like an overwhelming sea when I survey the scene.  Where will it go now?  How do I turn this into revenue?     Room Service’s plans are changing. The occupied territory, designing and staging spaces for spec builders must be re-arranged.

      The real estate market in Arizona is changing.  The land is shaking; a fault line is present.  It is time to shift perspective and present another VIEW.  People are loosing land and homes.  The peace process is de-valued.  We are fatigued.

     What value do your words hold?  Change occurs when you do what you say.   Words like purchases are always non-refundable, costly transactions.  The stakes are high; we must live life-changing spaces.  Trading spaces with words of fear.  Repainting hope.  We can paint our way out of a corner! 

      Color like emotions change rooms.     Emotions lift as we start painting.  Creativity stimulates change.   Actions flow as a result of this creative surge.  The designer challenge speaks when a room lift occurs.   I have tried to use the 5 basic elements of design to implement the change.  Look at the view.

                   1. Line----like actions “takes shape”

                      2.Texture—adds richness like “good conversation”

                      3.Form---always follows function

                      4.Space---yields to others and let’s “something in”

                      5.Color---like praise refreshes and revives dark days

     

   Peace can’t be purchased.  Nations can’t exchange it.  Individuals acquire it.  We choose PEACE by principles of the heart.  Recover from fatigue.  Open the windows to your soul touch the fabric of your heart.  Peace becomes the blanket to your dreams.

Rosner's Domain: Why Obama should not waste time communicating with Israelis

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If you missed my article in The New Republic earlier this week, read it in full here. The headline says: "Hey Obama, don't waste your time giving a speech in Israel". Here's a paragraph:

Yes, Israelis might appreciate the honor of having the U.S. president talking directly to them. (As Benn writes, "In the 16 rosy years of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, Israelis became spoiled by unfettered presidential attention.") But what exactly is he going to tell them? That peace is good for all and that he wants to advance peace? They know. That Palestinians suffer? They know. That he cares deeply for Israel's security? They know he says that, and would like to believe it, but the real game-changer will require proof, not words. Clinton and Bush didn't just say "We care for Israel" and instantly become darlings of the Israeli public. They showed they care--mostly by getting along well with the Israeli governments of Rabin and Sharon respectively. The Obama administration has done little to curry Israeli trust with their churlish attitude toward Netanyahu. In this sense, I agree with Benn and Burston: Regardless of the inevitable vapidity of an Obama speech directed at Israelis, the act of making the trip to Israel would be at least be a "deed"--a demonstration of good will on his part.

But words alone will not make Israelis trust Obama. Israelis do not suffer from lack of understanding of the issues; they suffer from peace-fatigue. They look at "peace processes" with suspicion, based on experience and events. They are scarred enough to know what has working and what has not, and they are tired of the good intentions of enthusiastic novices, believing that with their youth and their smarts they'll be able to come up with some magic trick that can somehow round a square. What Obama needs is a convincing plan that makes sense. It does not look like he has one.

Now,who's wasting words?  Solutions become answers when actions follow.

Peace alert

   What a computer doesn't know will hurt him.  My peace was dramatically wrecked, my borders unguarded.  Even though in most countries the Minister of the Interior  secures the borders of a land and makes sure home affairs are in order.  In this case Justice issues were violated.  

    I was fast approaching the wonderful ending of the other Point of View.  I listed the 5 elements or principles of design.  They secure the borders in a room.   

    I thought computers monitor our borders?   What is securing our emotions?  Will I react in this moment of frustration with anger and retaliate or will I simply smile at this thing?   As an interior designer I am faced with a lot of "things".  Choices.  Design decisions like words can be wasted.   Feelings like fabrics always fade.   We must  monitor the check points to illegals.          What is creeping in ?  

       I thought I had mastered the blog.   I thought all you had to do was post your thoughts , express yourself show your STYLE.    I can do this I am  a creative interior designer.   No one ever said there would be wasted moments, lost words.   Like crushed velvet they leave a mark. I felt as though my spirit had been walked on.   Someone had taken my space away.  In one brief hit of the keys.   The post vanished into thin air.   It was before me so alive.  This is the amazing thing about things and how they vanish.    I keep thinking of how little regard we have of others borders.  We are so busy with our own THING.   

      I am in the business of managing other's things and making them fit.    I have to use design principles.  What is the plumb line I use to measure my own PEACE?     This was unfair treatment at the border of my heart.  Why had the post failed?  Where did it go?  The wonderful thing about "things" is they are just THINGS.  What controls my joy is not your opinion of what I write.    I will protect my land.  Selah

  Did you know that there is a peace index that rates countries?  You can read the article below. I find this fascinating since it talks about Israel.  One of my favorite places to be, a place where I've never felt safer, in the 5 times traveling there. 

   This shows how irrelevant it is to let others gauge our peace. 

 

  In making design decisions we must guard our own borders.  Make sure we have peace about color selections and the cost of the furnishings.  I tell my clients before signing off, they need to have peace and joy when they go to bed, if not, call me.  This may not be the right choice for them.  Our internal monitor is the best gauge.  It's our homeland security.

Sunday Aug 02, 2009

The Warped Mirror: Peace for our time

http://cgis.jpost.com/Blogs/warpedmirror/entry/peace_for_our_time_posted

  Perception, perspective, plans all have to do with a point of VIEW!  Take your room what are you perceiving?  Do you envision soft velvets and worn tapestries?  Or do you notice how the perspective is fore-shortened by the way you are looking.  When doing a drawing one incorrect shift of the line changes perspective.   

  Blueprints and electrical plans can all be short circuited by one change.   Life changes shift our perception.  They  alter our perspective. A change in plans is often disturbing.  To prepare for these sudden "interruptions" we must search our soul.  It sometimes is as easy as turning on the "LIGHT".  See how you can re-arrange the furniture of your thoughts. 

  I have to get the clutter out of the way and find a focal point.  In home re-design it is often as easy as playing up an architectural element in the room.  Is there and arched window in sight?  how can I emphasize the design and detail in the space?  One way is to balance the window with bold elements.  You can use a large scale sofa with rich texture or a bold color.   A wall could be accented with a great paint to play up the center of interest.  This will cause the window to pop with excitement. 

  Translate this to the windows of your heart.  What is grabbing your attention?  Is your window cloudy?  We know that our day is determined by "our outlook".     Detailed drawings are essential for a renovation.  We must PLAN each day to SEE differently.  Let PEACE possess your soul.