reads

Architecture

Christopher Alexander: A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction

Christopher Alexander: The Timeless Way of Building

Christopher Alexander: The Phenomenon of Life: Nature of Order, Book 1

Christopher Alexander: The Process of Creating Life: Nature of Order, Book 2

Christopher Alexander: A Vision of a Living World: The Nature of Order, Book 3

Christopher Alexander:The Luminous Ground: The Nature of Order, Book 4

Stewart Brand: How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They’re Built

Comics

Moebius: Venise Celeste

Richard Scarry: What Do People Do All Day

Richard Scarry: Busy, Busy Town

Change

Robert Zubrin: The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must

Virginia Postrel: The FUTURE AND ITS ENEMIES: The Growing Conflict Over Creativity, Enterprise, and Progress

Hayao Miyazaki: Spirited Away

Attention

Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi: Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

Carla Needleman: The Work of Craft: An Inquiry into the Nature of Crafts and Craftsmanship

Jill Bolte Taylor: My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey

Wonder

Colum McCann: Let the great world spin