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| Jeffrey L.
Zucker, LEED AIA |
| Matthew B.
Ackerman, LEED AIA |
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Of
JellyFish & Cheap Chardonnay
This year, my Christmas letter from Richard and Carol
arrived late. It was
one of those newsy
little blurbs that we either love to hate, or hate to love. This
one
arrived complete with pictures of smiling kids, foreign
countries, and
curiously aging friends (now when did THAT
happen?) On the back of the letter was scrawled a hand written
note, which said something to the
effect of: “Hi Jeff. Sorry this is so late. We have been
meaning to
send this to you, but were reminded of it the other day when we ran
into a woman who knows you.”
It seems that my friends, who live in Athens, Georgia, were at the
funeral of a friend of a friend of a friend. They happened to
strike
up a conversation with a complete stranger, as one is wont to do at a
funeral… or more likely at a wake. Eventually, Richard and Carol
got around to
the fact that they had met each other at Arcosanti, where they used to
live.
Their
new acquaintance remarked at how funny that was, because she lives
right up
the road from Arcosanti in little old Prescott. Once they got to
comparing
notes, it turned out that she knew me too! Small world?… little
did I know.
Being somewhat underwhelmed by this bit of trivia I decided that,
since it was near quitting time, I would mosey over to the neighborhood
Art
Gallery, and partake of a bit of the wine and cheese being offered at
their monthly open house. I have to admit, other
than
the free libations, my main motivation was a woman who was likely
to be there, whose attention I was hoping to attract.
Among her many
talents were listed “Artist, jewelry maker, belly dancer…” Needless
to say, I was intrigued. However, after circling around her for
the
better part of an hour as she merrily
conversed with her cohorts, I completely dissolved into a spineless
jellyfish. This, mind you, even with several plastic cups of
cheap chardonnay under my belt.
I decided to attack the matter obliquely. I slithered (do
jellyfish
slither?) up to one of her best friends and began to make small
talk.
Microscopic would be a better word, as I kept one eye on the woman I
was talking with,
and the other on the object of my desires. So, I kind of missed
the
first part of the conversation, until I heard her saying something like
“I really enjoyed meeting your friends in Georgia.”
What the…?
So, why does this little episode warrant a Partner’s Message in the
world famous Sketch Pad? Propinquity? (look it up).
Synchronicity?
Naw… you already know all that. The thing that was remarkable was
the way this event came
together. Think about it. How many
people even
get handwritten letters anymore? And, who meets people face to
face
these days? In this era of email,
instant
messaging, MySpace, YourSpace, HisSpace, and HerSpace, who has
time to
actually meet a real live, honest to goodness person anymore?
What are
the chances of getting a letter… a real letter… with a stamp
on it and everything… and then walking down the block and actually
meeting the lady that the letter referred to?
It was kind of
sweet.
I never did talk to the belly dancer.
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