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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 671473" data-attributes="member: 18958">No, I do not think so.When I am in the street with lots of people I lose track of everything internal. I absorb the energy of the people all around me.&nbsp; It is the absence of stillness. I can sit alone in a restaurant, like a cafeteria, with lots of people and movement, and feel completely at peace eating and drinking a little wine, just listening and studying them.But it seems to work best if I am in a foreign country. Where I am different.But I used to study at loud cafes in Berkeley. The louder the better.Have you read the book, A Pattern Language by the architect Christopher, I forget his last name all of a sudden, I think it is Allen, but I am not sure.&nbsp; I think you would love it, because it fuses your love of architecture and design and history. He was a professor at Berkeley.&nbsp; Look on Amazon when you have a chance. It is difficult to explain but I will try in the next day or two.I love history, too. Not the dates and names, but history that is driven by theory. Some of my favorite books are historical: Ancient Greece, Feudalism. The Vendee, about the counter-revolution in France. I just love it, too.Gee, I would love that for you. Landscapes rather than seascapes?Me too. Is there a region or time period that you prefer?&nbsp; I got a doctorate. And I almost tried to change my department to History, except that I could never have found work.I loved something called comparative historical analysis, that was a type of research where you either compared cross-culturally, or historically to see what you learned. That is when I read the book The Vendee. The professor was an expert in French History around the revolution. He used to go to Paris all of the time to do research closeted away in old archives by looking at old documents.&nbsp; Doesn't that sound fun?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 671473, member: 18958"] No, I do not think so. When I am in the street with lots of people I lose track of everything internal. I absorb the energy of the people all around me. It is the absence of stillness. I can sit alone in a restaurant, like a cafeteria, with lots of people and movement, and feel completely at peace eating and drinking a little wine, just listening and studying them. But it seems to work best if I am in a foreign country. Where I am different. But I used to study at loud cafes in Berkeley. The louder the better. Have you read the book, [I]A Pattern Language[/I] by the architect Christopher, I forget his last name all of a sudden, I think it is Allen, but I am not sure. I think you would love it, because it fuses your love of architecture and design and history. He was a professor at Berkeley. Look on Amazon when you have a chance. It is difficult to explain but I will try in the next day or two. I love history, too. Not the dates and names, but history that is driven by theory. Some of my favorite books are historical: Ancient Greece, Feudalism. The Vendee, about the counter-revolution in France. I just love it, too. Gee, I would love that for you. Landscapes rather than seascapes? Me too. Is there a region or time period that you prefer? I got a doctorate. And I almost tried to change my department to History, except that I could never have found work. I loved something called comparative historical analysis, that was a type of research where you either compared cross-culturally, or historically to see what you learned. That is when I read the book The Vendee. The professor was an expert in French History around the revolution. He used to go to Paris all of the time to do research closeted away in old archives by looking at old documents. Doesn't that sound fun? [/QUOTE]

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