{"id":108,"date":"2014-06-04T18:49:13","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T23:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harveststudioonline.com\/journal\/?p=108"},"modified":"2014-06-09T07:59:22","modified_gmt":"2014-06-09T12:59:22","slug":"mohonk-mountain-house-gazebos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harveststudioonline.com\/journal\/2014\/06\/04\/mohonk-mountain-house-gazebos\/","title":{"rendered":"Mohonk Mountain House Gazebos"},"content":{"rendered":"

June 4, 2014 – Journal entry on the impact of a Flock House<\/p>\n

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When I started to think about a Flock House, my mind turned to another kind of hut that visitors to Mohonk Mountain House built over 140 years, along 25 miles of trails. As you walk around the lake, or along\u00a0the granite cliffs, or in the woods, or on the mountain crests, you see them. \u00a0At some time, some visitors picked a spot, their spot, and built one. \u00a0I think there are more than\u00a050 of them left\u00a0standing. \u00a0Made from natural materials at hand, they are not so different from a Flock House made from recycled stuff.<\/p>\n

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Sometimes, I have stopped, and entered one. It beckoned, and I went. \u00a0I felt a kind of magic, standing there, or sitting on a built-in bench. \u00a0Someone long ago\u00a0carved it out, and now I could just step across the threshold and\u00a0be there. \u00a0My mind seemed to grasp a vision defined within the space.<\/p>\n

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Some startle because\u00a0that they are cantilevered from the edge of a cliff. \u00a0Others are\u00a0perched on a rock. How did just regular visitors build these? \u00a0It is an act of faith to step into it, trusting that it will\u00a0hold my weight. A touch of anxiety, like stepping into an elevator.<\/p>\n

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One day I realized that it was not necessary to actually go in. \u00a0Just by passing it, seeing it from the trail, its presence evoked a state of mind. \u00a0Contemplative. Peaceful. Placed along the trails, these invitations to stop supported my ability to\u00a0envision. Improved my ability to think about whatever was on my mind.<\/p>\n

You can see where this is going. The Flock House at Bemis, built improbably next to the\u00a0Okada building, in the Old Market of Omaha, might have the same impact. Might nudge the mind to turn a few degrees and see things from a new perspective.<\/p>\n

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