אדריכלות ישראלית - גיליון 125

2021 מאי 125 מיכל קוצ'יק אדריכלות ישראלית 95 | | The most critical issue in Israeli society today is probably the prevailing of emotion over mind. A clever man once came up with the saying "on the road, don’t be right, be wise", teaching us that while the sense of being right is primarily a mental, subjective state of mind, wisdom essentially expresses a rational, objective view. Otherwise, "my bright boy, Yossi", would come back home with a limping puppy, instead of a bottle of milk. The distinction between emotion and wisdom is illustrated by the story about a politician driving in the dark when he suddenly got a puncture. The politician immediately understood that if he wanted to get home that night he should change the wheel. He stopped the car at the side of the road, raised it on a jack, took off the wheel and… when he wanted to put on the spare, he realized that all the screws were lost in the dark. Desperate, he began to walk until he saw a sign "Mental Health Hospital". Having no better solution, he shouted "Hello, anybody home". A man in a strait jacket came out of the gate and nonchalantly asked: "can I help?" The politician told him what had happened with the screws, adding, "maybe you have a garage or something?" The man looked at him and said, "what’s the problem, you have three other wheels, take one screw out of each wheel and fix the spare on with three screws. Tomorrow, when the sun rises, go to a puncture mender and everything will go back to normal". The politician looked at him in surprise, saying "I thought this was a hospital for the insane…" "Insane, certainly", responded the nonchalant , "but not stupid." Love, hate, jealousy, faith and prejudice are five most powerful emotions that override the mind. Cheap Psychology suggests that the last person you think about before falling asleep and the first you wake up with is the one you love the most. The problem is that what troubles most of us in recent years is who we hate the most. A politician known for his (Abi Gezunt) prejudice recently said that the person to blame for the entire situation is an "insane tyrant" thanks to whom we’ve lost our ability to respect each other. And, the truth is, judging by all the stupid words spewed out by those who determine our mood when we go to sleep, what we dream about, and with what worries we’ll wake up at four in the morning, we really are in trouble. In a fake-news era, it is difficult to determine what hurts more, the finger we type (at the speed of a typewriter) emotional responses to posts thrown into the net by ass-kissers or those who vomit after reading them, or the fact that we have all forgotten what empathy and sympathy are. The state is 73 years old and we haven’t yet talked about love and the grace of old age, when autumn evening falls, silently igniting the stars. Corona taught us modesty and the meaning of solidarity, but failed to generate a little more understanding of what is going on in the minds of those we hate. My father, who was almost as wise as my mother, told me that when someone knocks at the door at eight o’clock in the evening trying to sell you a frying pan for sweet and sour vegetables, don’t ask yourself if you like Thai food, but rather what brought this man to a situation where, instead of watching TV at home with his wife and kids, he is wandering around other people’s houses looking for bread to finish the month. Do not wait for a punch line, for the fact is - if we don't gear our minds to controlling our emotions, we will go on inventing avoidable Days of Mourning. For on grey nights of horror, it is only wisdom that remains bright and illuminating. Architect Dr. Ami Ran editorial we haven't yet talked about love דבר העורך