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Shape of the World

When you start to pay attention to the principle that Original Design matters and good stewards seek to uphold it, you start to see it in unexpected places.

We got this picture book to look at with my little girl, about Frank Lloyd Wright.

The Shape of the World: A Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright

In case you’re unfamiliar with Frank Lloyd Wright, he’s a famous architect who lived from 1857 to 1959.  He was known for the uniqueness of his designs.  As Wikipedia puts it, he “believed in designing in harmony with humanity and the environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture.”

I don’t know whether Wright was a Christian.  From what I can tell, he had some rather questionable spiritual beliefs.  But he employed in his art the same foundational principle this site is all about: building things to complement what God made, not to ignore, outstrip, or replace it.

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