A True Revelation.

To the reader: If this is your first time on my blog, many greetings; If you've been here before, happy returns to you. Everything you read here will be my genuine unfiltered thoughts and secrets, explaining in full detail everything about me, piece by piece. I wish that you read on without prejudice or judgement, for I am not a perfect person, and I hope that you can connect and empathize with my life's story. -Alex

Edit: I was borderline drunk when I wrote this, but I'm still super proud of it.

Today was an interesting evening, as I had the pleasure to go to a Jazz Festival. Granted, it was Blues 70% of the time, and the main event was a Trance/Jazz Fusion group, it was nonetheless interesting for me.

I was invited out by Nagypapa's neighbors at Balaton, Andrez and his wife. We went out at 7:30pm Local Time and rode our bikes up the mountain (a large hill, really) towards Paloznak, where the festival was being held. They said the distance was only 500m from the house, and in reality ended up being somewhere between 700 and 900 meters.

Once we had arrived we began discussing the different groups and their music, after having ordered food and wine of course. We talked about the way the individual instruments added to the collective one of the band, and how the drum's true nature lie in how well he could change the tone of a song throughout the entirety of it, without the need of a solo (unlike other instruments, like a guitar or a cello, which need a solo to properly showcase the individual skill of the player.)

It came to me in a sudden storm of thought, induced of course with alcohol and the passion for music, and I came to a sudden realisation what my true passion was: the ability to take multiple elements and mix them together with a sense of harmony.

It was a sudden revelation of sorts, where I realized that everything in my life had some sort of combined unity. The exact examples I used were how in music, different styles would clash with one another, such as blues and jazz, but with the introduction of new age music, these individual elements were combined to create a whole new genre, resulting in newer styles like rock, jazz fusion, and, my personal favorite, alternative. It is in true alternative spirit to meld different techniques to produce a unique and individual tone that has never yet been experimented with, which results in every band that can truly call itself "alternative" to have an individual tone that is near impossible to replicate.

Likewise, I applied this theory to how architecture functions; with many "modern style" architects coming about, we tend to forget the older styles that had been considered the cultural "alpha" for several generations. When I reflect on this fact, I feel a certain sense of despair, for in a way progress has come to a halt. When every "creative" mind comes to a mutual conclusion, there is a lack of new ideas, and ultimately this results in a stalemate, and the term "modern" becomes a redundant phrase, neither representing an actual idea of modernity, nor truly conveying what can be called a new wave.

It is considerably disrespectful to every culture in the world, to completely neglect its defining style in the architectural perspective. I feel that there is a need to better understand the original styles of multiple cultures, and apply them to the modern style. The end result would be, what I could proudly say, "progress".

In this day and age, there is a significant lack of people who have the ability to come to a compromise. Between architect and client, there should be an understanding that an architects values should be respected, but equally so, a clients wants and desires need to be fulfilled before one can properly call themselves a dignified architect.

I feel that tonight, I learned a lot about myself. I found my true nature, after long last. I am merely the shaper of multiple figures, combining the dead and deceased with the newborn and living to create something that has never before existing. Architecture, music, dance, performing; I have finally found the connecting line between all my favorite hobbies. I have also garnered a new amount of respect and appreciation for cultural diversity, because nowhere else in the world exist the things I have seen today. This level of serenity, and unique development, will never be seen anywhere else in the world.

Unless I, as an architect, and as a student of my new-found idealized passion, can introduce it as a unique concept.