Travelogue snow snowing
By: Karnawat, Girish Dariyav
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Publisher: Mumbai Indian Institute of Architects 2021Edition: Vol.86(3), March.Description: 94-99p.Subject(s): ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)Online resources: Click here
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Journal of the Indian institute of architects :(JIIA)Summary: 96JOURNAL OF INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS MARCH 1213
Am walking where there are no roads and
am looking for a mirror...
To ‘create’ by virtue is to give rise to
something that didn’t exist before
It’s not same as producing or
manufacturing...one may reproduce but not
recreate, recreating is a myth.
And creation is always an outcome of a
clean slate...of stepping into a strange space
seemingly...a conscious break away from
familiarity...
Familiarity is a comfort zone as also a
baggage of the past...it’s also very sceptical of
the unknown, distrusting, fearful, cautious...it
ensures survival...that’s it.
What is familiar to us could be strange to
someone and vice versa, it’s relative.
However, it’s always a space of learning and discovery to be in
a zone that is unfamiliar...because creativity arises out of that...And
so as an architect, it’s a constant need to revive, refresh, re-learn and
mostly start from scratch. It’s not same as Re-Inventing a wheel.
Another of such journeys was taken up recently where I chose
to land at Dharamshala and then hired a Royal Enfield Himalayan
and ride down to a region called Khajiar that is located across Cham-
ba in Himachal Pradesh. I parked my bike in a village called Pukhri
there and then trekked down to a home-stay in a village by name Bh-
odolli. All I did the next few days was to trek through the steep terrain,
go to other villages. I met a lot of locals, enjoyed the food and hospi-
tality, enjoyed the snow, snowing and the cold weather. All this while,
I forgot that I was an architect and was observing the villages, how
the people interacted and carried out the activities, saw the fields,
valley, forest and the mountains...nothing governed my life...it was
a complete break..
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96JOURNAL OF INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS MARCH 1213
Am walking where there are no roads and
am looking for a mirror...
To ‘create’ by virtue is to give rise to
something that didn’t exist before
It’s not same as producing or
manufacturing...one may reproduce but not
recreate, recreating is a myth.
And creation is always an outcome of a
clean slate...of stepping into a strange space
seemingly...a conscious break away from
familiarity...
Familiarity is a comfort zone as also a
baggage of the past...it’s also very sceptical of
the unknown, distrusting, fearful, cautious...it
ensures survival...that’s it.
What is familiar to us could be strange to
someone and vice versa, it’s relative.
However, it’s always a space of learning and discovery to be in
a zone that is unfamiliar...because creativity arises out of that...And
so as an architect, it’s a constant need to revive, refresh, re-learn and
mostly start from scratch. It’s not same as Re-Inventing a wheel.
Another of such journeys was taken up recently where I chose
to land at Dharamshala and then hired a Royal Enfield Himalayan
and ride down to a region called Khajiar that is located across Cham-
ba in Himachal Pradesh. I parked my bike in a village called Pukhri
there and then trekked down to a home-stay in a village by name Bh-
odolli. All I did the next few days was to trek through the steep terrain,
go to other villages. I met a lot of locals, enjoyed the food and hospi-
tality, enjoyed the snow, snowing and the cold weather. All this while,
I forgot that I was an architect and was observing the villages, how
the people interacted and carried out the activities, saw the fields,
valley, forest and the mountains...nothing governed my life...it was
a complete break..
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