The genius of Julia Morgan, America's first woman architect is visible in the beauty of her Neptune water pools and mirror worlds. What amazes me is that with mortar, brick, linear pathways and blueprints she created ephemeral retreats and watery dream worlds. I can no more explain how she did this than explain how, Helene Grimaud or Yundi Li create moon and dream with a percussive instrument. ..In the hands of a great genius extreme beauty is conjured.
Julia Morgan created 700 fabulous buildings in her lifetime including schools, mausoleums, office buildings, bell towers, pools, academic institutions and intimate homes. Most of her buildings are located in the San Francisco Bay area and many of them I have walked past, or visited on a regular basis. I had no idea that one singular woman, had created so many of the fine environments that have enrichened my life.
Chedwick the Cat inspired me to write this post. Purr. Thanks so much Ched and you can read more about Julia Morgan here and here.
