What did one wall say to the other?
Bearing: Hey, do
you need a number for an engineer?
Curtain: No I’m
all set, thanks.
Bearing: Are you
sure? You’re lookin’ pretty skinny.
Curtain: Excuse
me?
Bearing: Yeah,
you’re letting all this light through you. You’re practically transparent.
…Bro, do you even lift?
Curtain: No, I
don’t need to in order to perform.
Bearing: Psssh you’re
just weak... You’re not important like ME. I’m doing all the work around here.
Without me there would be no floor plates, no roof, no enclosure.
Curtain: But
without ME you would be just that – A tool to hold up a floor and a roof. I
define the spaces you can’t. Provide sensory experiences you can’t. I can
express myself out of any material. I can lie just as well as I can tell the
truth. I’m a big reason you were even built in the first place. Without me
you’re nothing, just as I’m nothing without you. Together we’re a team. Together
we give meaning and character to the space we define.
Bearing: Sorry
what? I wasn’t listening. I was too busy thinking about how much I can lift.
I’m so strong.
Curtain: Ugh why
does a building’s lifecycle have to be 20 years long? …
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