Perhaps it is time I expand beyond the masters I will obtain in December. After my recent visit to New York I am left with the same two questions that I come up over the past 2 years, 'What do I really know about architecture?' and 'What have I learned?'. I feel as if I have picked up the basic concepts of architecture, but purposely avoided the the theory and a more in dept study of what causes such things to happen and the reactions they consequently receive. Or maybe it is because I was not forced to that thought pattern, so I do not have it. As I am thinking now, the only way to resolve the second guessing of the path that I am currently on is to find an end goal. I do have a short term goal of obtaining a license to practice architecture, however I have concluded that me obtaining that license does not equal to me being a 'great and knowledgeable' architect. I will not be ready, right off the bat, to sign drawings. The process leading to a license only test you on the basics. You take those basics and add them with years of various projects and mistakes to become 'great and knowledgeable'.
What is the end goal? Well, the FINAL end goal is an easy answer. My faith leads me to be reunited with God along with others who have accepted Christ his son and have received the Holy Spirit. How does this 'final' goal inform the decision of this 'end goal'. I guess I should define 'end goal'. End goal according to the current thoughts in my mind would be the particular area of architecture I want to practice. Or should it be rewritten, the particular area of architecture that the Lord leads me to practice.
I have always separated the two. God and architecture. Separated as in my design was not influenced by the relationship I have with the God of Universe that lives within me. A design is not limited to the exterior of building, but also the nuts and bolts of construction documents. With that said I am combining both school and the work environment I am in. I think the two should be seemless unless I am attempting to limit God to only certain areas of my life. I am not sure what all this is I have rambled on about, but I suppose with a prayer and time the Lord will show me the way.
