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STALLION HOUSE

I dont know about other people but on Fridays I feel both drained and exhilarated. Its a sense of having accomplished your bit, but exhausted enough to just go find quiet someplace.

Last Friday, as I trudged towards the bus stop I looked up at Stallion House (sited just at the entrance into Ajose Adeogun) and really took in the very visible building. I observed its towering height, its pinnacle to one side seemed like the control centre of an airport terminal. Appreciation for the building imbued a respect for the work that went into bringing it about. I thought of the surveyors that readied the land, the urban planners, the building engineers and architects who conceived and crafted the building design. All these were needed to bring about the reality that housed corporate giants as Ecobank (found in all West Africa) and Oando (an energy firm dual-listed on both the Nigerian and Johannesburg stock exchanges). They planned that building and worked to plant it on the earth's surface, unleashing splendour and value.

Just having a view of all this made me have an awareness of the LONG HOURS architects put into their work. Back in school, architectural students continue nights and weekends producing building plans. It dawned that such marvel as Stallion House would be impossible without the care, diligence and precision these workmen devote into their duties. Creating stunning architectural pieces demand nothing less than accuracy of every line, every dot on that drawing board. They are focused and UNHURRIED as they inch their way step by step to a complete view of a masterpiece.

That contemplation birthed a desire to adapt the same principles to my own living practice. Friday night, tired and exhausted but a resolution formed inside me to take a large chunk of the following day to pursue the software project I have been on for months without success. I made a decision to deploy unhurried TIME to the problem as do architects, researchers, accountants and others.

I decided time is the sacrifice for novelty, anything strong and noteworthy. When it came time to act out my resolve it was trying. It didnt come easy neither early. As a matter of fact, it was around 11pm on Saturday having worked and strained all afternoon that a table displayed on the laptop screen displaying entries from a database.

Not easy, neither fast nor cheap but it works. And worthwhile!!

posted by momentum @ 5:01 AM