{"id":6619,"date":"2018-07-01T13:33:27","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T18:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deepsicks.com\/?p=6619"},"modified":"2022-06-19T13:34:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T18:34:28","slug":"accoladen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/2018\/07\/01\/accoladen\/","title":{"rendered":"accoladen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This week we received a heartening but complicated surprise to learn we’re a finalist among five for the best new library in the WORLD<\/a>. It almost makes me cry (and now that I’ve typed that, I’m tearing up) because yeah, it’s a nice space and all, but it’s been hard<\/em>. “Challenging,” yeah, “terrific opportunities to improve and delight,” yeah, and how about demanding in ways I couldn’t imagine, and frustrating, and exhilarating, and physically mentally emotionally exhausting, and really, just really hard<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can’t help but snerk at the laundry list of features, like it tells the whole story. It\u2019s barely a preface, this premise of \u201cThe Future, and We\u2019re It,\u201d flexible spaces that demand flexible people who won\u2019t say no, who will never break, who stiff upper lip it and maybe cry a bit at acclaim that really let\u2019s be honest is accolades for architecture, not the human capital that sweat and slog and smile through it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But we know.
We are more than our building.
We are More Than Books.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We are the flesh and blood and brains, the soul in the machine, the information ninjas and professional hand-holders, the social workers and maestros of fun. Now turn down your music, get your hand out your pants, put away your weed and put your shoes back on.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s no award for getting shit done. Even when it\u2019s more with less and less and less. But congratulations, us. File under: Awe, Professional. File under: Sleep when we\u2019re dead. File under: I fucking love you all, because that\u2019s what happens to cohorts that undergo persistent, monumental stress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are more than our building.
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