We hosted one of the architects and had an opportunity to spend quality time with him ... he is the person who brought James Turrell's work to my attention. Today a package came from him with beautiful notes on a lecture by Turrell ... I really like the artist's way of thinking about light.

Normally, in daylight, our eyes are almost entirely closed, that is the pupil is a tiny dot. Obviously we are not made for that light, we are made for twilight. Now what that means is thatit is not until very low levels of light that our pupils dilate. When it does dilate we actually begin to feel light, almost like touch. ~ James Turrell

He asks the question: Where does the light in our dreams (lucid dreams) come from? Our eyes are shut. That light is somehow from within. He muses about the light that you seem to be able to touch and goes on to say his work hopes to take the "viewer" to the realization that the eyes touch, that the eyes feel ~JT

I am very happy to have these notes. It seems like something really special comes each day, like a gift, just like a hug ... yesterday someone sent a beautiful picture ... the day before a thank you note that was unexpected ... the day before that three hugely pregnant cardinals right outside the window ... very sweet ... I found my special bracelet accidentally overlooked while unpacking ... my goofball buds at the flight school seem to be sending little supportive tokens ... one sent his "emo" valentine music mix (With some fleetwood mac and al greene ... told him it couldn't be emo with those old dudes) ... . It's pretty easy to find some grateful. I like it.