Virtual friend Bethany Buffington, who wears philosophy on her brow and has poetry in her heart, judiciously commented on part I of this post (as it appears on Myspace), suggesting that the proper way to create a house is as an outer expression of one’s inner beauty. One who cultivates inner beauty and chooses to let it shine by expressing it in the material realm in whatever form (house, object, performance, etc.) is certainly an artist. And I wholeheartedly agree that a proper dwelling should be a work of art. And this invites a proper digression into the concept of beauty
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I’ve just started working on my house, doing long overdue repairs. The roof in particular is in need of major overhaul. Its a metal roof, still quite sturdy in general, even after 20 some Quebec winters, but there are rusty screws, some holes and yes, minor leaks.

Of course, I tend to neglect these maintenance tasks just ever so slightly too long. My excuse? Well, the house just doesn’t make sense. Or at least, it doesn’t make sense to me. Mind you, it is a fairly good, solid, and comfortable house, entirely renovated 20 years ago (long before we purchased it).

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