Through the eyes of Tim Bojanowski:
I have been an avid football fan for my entire life. In fact, “avid” is an understatement. Furthermore, “entire” is not an overstatement.
Football is something I appreciate on so many different levels. There is a vast difference between understanding the game of football and understanding football itself. Understanding the game of football is being able to follow it on television week to week. On the contrary, understanding football itself is knowing the backgrounds of players based on their development through different programs throughout their careers. Understanding football is knowing the chess matches that go into particular schemes as they clash based on the coaching staffs and personnel that implement them.
Understanding football is appreciating every element involved with the game from the media, to the front office, to the players, and then being able to identify all of the variables as they materialize in the most simplistic form of one single play on the field. Most people who think they appreciate football are really only common spectators at best.
I did not realize that I was but a common spectator of interior design until the moment I stepped into the studio of Arleen Dvorine. I was a common spectator at best. It was a revelation.
In an instant my entire perspective on my knowledge of design was upended. I realized I was that friend who watched football with me on Sundays and left me holding my head in my hands at the comments coming out of his mouth. Worse, I had lived my entire life attentively looking around at things around me falsely believing I appreciated what I was looking at.
I have never been to Rome or to Ancient Greece, but I imagine that it would be comparable to stepping into the home of Arleen Dvorine. I had already seen much of her work through pictures and admired the aesthetics of what I saw. Much alike to how you see semblances of Greek and Roman culture everywhere you go in the world. However, it would be impossible to ever appreciate the value of the completeness and perfection that goes into a true thing of beauty without actually experiencing it.
I had the honor of sneaking into her drawing room. For me, it was the most impactful part of the night. The room was speckled with many of her hand drawn blueprints. I admired them for some time, all the while trying to place into context everything that went into something so calculated. I thought to myself how what I was looking at was probably the equivalent of looking into a playbook of the likes of a Vince Lombardi or a Don Shula. I imagined it alike to actually seeing the full genius of the minds that first balanced the equations that provide understanding to football in its entirety.
The privilege of entering into the studio and experiencing the mind of Arleen Dvorine was an absolute treat. Being at the studio and having that first hand insight into the mind that creates these works of art would have been enough, but the delicious drinks, superb hors d’oeuvres, and fantastic company paired for an absolutely memorable evening.
I have been an avid football fan for my entire life. In fact, “avid” is an understatement.Furthermore, “entire” is not an overstatement.
Football is something I appreciate on so many different levels. There is a vast difference between understanding the game of football and understanding football itself. Understanding the game of footballis being able to follow it on television week to week. On the contrary, understanding football itself is knowing the backgrounds of players based on their development through different programs throughouttheir careers. Understanding football is knowing the chess matches that go into particular schemes as they clash based on the coaching staffs and personnel that implement them. Understanding football isappreciating every element involved with the game from the media, to the front office, to the players, and then being able to identify all of the variables as they materialize in the most simplistic form of one singleplay on the field. Most people who think they appreciate football are really only common spectators at best.
I did not realize that I was but a common spectator of interior design until the moment I stepped into the studio of Arleen Dvorine. I was a common spectator at best. It was a revelation.
In an instant my entire perspective on my knowledge of design was upended. I realized I was that friend who watched football with me on Sundays and left me holding my head in my hands at the commentscoming out of his mouth. Worse, I had lived my entire life attentively looking around at things around me falsely believing I appreciated what I was looking at.
I have never been to Rome or to Ancient Greece, but I imagine that it would be comparable to stepping into the home of Arleen Dvorine. I had already seen much of her work through pictures and admired theaesthetics of what I saw. Much alike to how you see semblances of Greek and Roman culture everywhere you go in the world. However, it would be impossible to ever appreciate the value of the completenessand perfection that goes into a true thing of beauty without actually experiencing it.
I had the honor of sneaking into her drawing room. For me, it was the most impactful part of the night. The room was speckled with many of her hand drawn blueprints. I admired them for some time, all thewhile trying to place into context everything that went into something so calculated. I thought to myself how what I was looking at was probably the equivalent of looking into a playbook of the likes of a VinceLombardi or a Don Shula. I imagined it alike to actually seeing the full genius of the minds that first balanced the equations that provide understanding to football in its entirety.
The privilege of entering into the studio and experiencing the mind of Ms. Dvorine was an absolute treat. Being at the studio and having that first hand insight into the mind that creates these works of artwould have been enough, but the delicious drinks, superb hors d’oeuvres, and fantastic company paired for an absolutely memorable evening.
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