Hold on for the ride.

Here we are, the last fits and fights of the end of the semester. I am nervous worried, excited and filled with anticipation to see what will be created at the end of this long run.

It has been a hard fought year, much has been placed on the table to chew on to think about. And now the at last mile of the marathon - the question remains - can we, can you, make the great leap into (your name here)SPACE - make your statement to/of/about architecture.

"This is what I believe and I stand here by my work, this is the built, the place, the space, the ideas, the ideals, the pathos, the mentos of my design all in one single-serving-slice of juriable work - whutduyathink?"

All the projects, every last one has come a long distance, and now stands poised to really become something interesting, intricate, and meaningful. The jury comments, the other advisers, and my own thoughts are on how will you best utilize the time you have to not just survive, but thrive in this last month. Pushing your project to be all those things that you said you wanted it to be when you first started painting the big picture way back when you were but a green-horn thesis student in October.

You are the measure.

Those goals you set down in the fall are still valid, and worthwhile, they were laid out in a haze of unknowns, which are now....knowns. Now it's just up to you to give those goals solidity, tenacity, rigidity, structure, space, place, and most of all spirit.


But beware, May 12th and 13th will come to soon.