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The Quality Without A Name

Aliveness According to Christopher Alexander

Jan 17, 2024
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My husband and I have talked before about “the sad feeling.” He gets it sometimes in certain stores. Big stores with high ceilings and rectangles of fluorescent lights. Stores where there is just so much stuff. 100 brands of socks. I get it around frenzy and inattentiveness. Chaos and rushing. Lots of noise.

The feeling isn’t so much inside but all aro…

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