I refrain from any reference to Beauty as a principle Design. It is not a principle, but an experience. It is an experience which defies analysis and has no explanation. We distinguish it from all other experiences. It gives us pleasure, perhaps the highest pleasure that we have. (p. 4)
Traditionally, Chinese selected sites for structures of all types, such as graves, palaces, houses, basing on an organic view of the cosmos, which binds individuals, families and society to the past, present and future via the medium – Kanyu (Feng-shui). Chinese used to piously protect their “Feng-shui,” but seldom talked about protecting physical or cultural settings (p. 1).
“The good news is that when it comes to our own homes, we are responsible for choosing and creating that mood. You can have a sunny, high-energy home, or a morose, lackluster home, or a chaotic, angry home ... but if you’re anything like me, the home you really want is one of peace. After all, how often is peace our dominant emotion?”