narrow and straight

Hi Sam,

although you did not request a critique - I hope you don't mind.

This is another example of a "Zen view".

cheers

Maria

This is what I found about Zen view:

134 Zen View

May be part of Entrance Transition (112), Entrance Room (130), Short Passages (132), Staircase as a Stage (133), Paths and goals (120).

Conflict

The archetypal zen view occurs in a famous Japanese house, which gives this pattern its name.

Resolution

If there is a beautiful view, don't spoil it by building huge windows that gape incessantly at it. Instead, put the windows which look onto the view at places of transition- along paths, in hallways, in entry ways, on stairs, between rooms.

If the view window is correctly placed, people will see a glimpse of the distant view as they come up to the window or pass it: but the view is never visible from the places where people stay.

May contain Natural Doors and Windows (221), Tapestry of Light and Dark (135),

From: http://downlode.org/etext/patterns/ptn134.html

Hi Sam,

yes, that's it.

Astonishing on how many servers Pattern Language is stored (google sent me to a couple of them), especially considering that the original site supposed one to be member (for a fee) to access it, by the time of my last visit ... But maybe there are more member advantages, which I cannot know, not being one.

Indeed, the book was written with HTML in mind.

best

Maria