Not an urban graffiti post, but a virtual tag from The Where, via Pruned, via Passages and on, and on… some of my favorite blogs, so sure, I can play along:

:: The rules of the tagging game are as follows:
1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people.

The book is a good one, Building for Life: Designing and Understanding the Human-Nature Connection, by Stephen R. Kellert. I’ve been picking away at it for a week or so, and had not made it to p. 123.

:: image via Stout Books

Page 123 opens the fascinating chapter on Biophilic Design…
“Reducing the adverse effects of modern development is arguably the first and more basic priority of restorative environmental design, but we must go beyond this limited objective to also identify how buildings and landscapes can foster human lives of meaning and satisfaction by celebrating our dependence on nature as an irreplaceable core of intellectual creativity and emotional capacity. The label ‘positive environmental impact’ or, preferably, ‘biophilic’ design describes this second dimension of a comprehensive approach to restorative environmental design. The fundamental objective of biophilic design is to elicit a positive, valued experience of nature in the human built environment.”

Ok, now for the tagging (ya’ll are it):

1. Something About Maryman
2. Jetson Green,
3. Sustainable Stormwater
4. Synchronicity
5. architecture.MNP