Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts

Monday, 20 September 2010

Finding Inspiration in "Pleasing Decay"*

*A term John Piper Used to describe ancient crumbling buildings.
I like the patched ghost arches in these walls... 
And the way the last of the delicate tracery on this church door is valiantly clinging on...
But I don't think Piper would have approved of the bright plastic alarm warning sign nailed to it:
Is it ok to compromise the aesthetic integrity of something in order to help preserve it?