tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937068745911425792.post8368681882515106826..comments2023-10-10T05:08:40.264-05:00Comments on <center>Office of Scholarly Publications<br> at Georgetown University</center>: Robert Boice does it again, this time with hypnosiscshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14571653138475644227noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937068745911425792.post-58933021572013701992014-04-29T06:09:55.716-05:002014-04-29T06:09:55.716-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.stevehttp://www.bookwormcentral.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937068745911425792.post-10751207342077013972010-05-25T10:00:59.812-05:002010-05-25T10:00:59.812-05:00I'll have to get this book. This difference in...I'll have to get this book. This difference in thinking may go to training too. Architects and lawyers, as an example, receive different training, each purposefully focused on different ways of thinking. The former is based upon an iterative inclusive process and the latter dependent upon an exclusive logical construct. Architects trained in the Beaux-Arts tradition are called upon to begin each design exercize with a "parti", from the french, "prendre parti" or 'to make a decision'. It could be a simple phrase or back-of-the-envelope sketch, but it represents the initial Big Idea upon which every aspect of a subsequent design solution is based, and ultimately judged. The Architect builds upon this simple parti in layer upon layer of ever more detailed, refined and "inclusive" (divergent aspects of a building design are drawn into the solution)iterations - building to a final product. When finished, reference is made back to the priginal Parti or Big Idea. If the design solution does not correspond to or resolve the initial thought, despite, maybe being a beautiful design, the student is failed with a grade of "au contraire". I imagine this process would serve the writer well. It calls for a little and imperfect initial expressions of an idea and puts faith in the redrafts as a process that will generate a great work, as long as the author remains true to the initial idea.james kinghttp://james@jmsking.comnoreply@blogger.com