This makes everything special (Aura)

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[@DamiLeeArch]

Thanks for watching and let me know what you think! Here are all of the published videos of this 5 episodes series Part 1: Hurry Sickness kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6asi6iLeLCXbpY Part 2: Slow reading kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJyUio1-qZiXpq8 Part 3 Aura kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaaQZHhoqbqjnbc

[@amorimdub]

😅😊😊❤😊😊😅😊 😊

[@chaomatic5328]

Which music did you use for this video? I'm trying to find something similar to get in the mood! Cheers

[@TheNiravsdesai]

This is what KZbin should be. Thanks for this Dami

[@irwinns]

Oh dirty blood.. 😁 😁 😁

[@tudosamihaiadrian4036]

i`m curious what kind of houses u might build on sims XD u should prolly make one of those vids

[@AaleenMurtezaa]

My fav topics are like these where you articulate abstract topics like aura and make them tangible and easy to understand. Also the pacing on these videos are better because there's compression and release between the different pieces of information which we don't get in traditional KZbin-style edited videos. Thanks for all your hard work team! I'm looking forward to learning more in the coming videos ☺

[@DamiLeeArch]

Thank you Aaleen! That’s a good observation - there there were many moments where it felt like the information was too dense, so we tried to leave lots of breathing room. These topics are definitely the most challenging to make, but the most interesting and rewarding for me. I’ll pass along the kind words 😊

[@hardikyadav2204]

👍👍👍

[@jerickson_abuel]

This is so well written and produced. It made me feel like when I was in school with a stack of books researching and actually absorbing high quality information.

[@DamiLeeArch]

Thank you 😊

[@py4998]

Super interesting to see a professional architect explore and conceptualise something as abstract as the "aura" of a city/building. Since lot of us laypeople can tell u why we love or even hate the vibes of a city but can never really pinpoint How a city can give that impression. Great vid as always!

[@DamiLeeArch]

Thank you!

[@thomasopdahl1873]

For me this is one of those breakthrough realizations. I always called it presence. I've been experiencing this my whole life and it never fit any sort of educational or religious demonstration but at the same time fits every one of them. I have been to the Louvre twice. Both times it was frustratingly hard to consciously arrange but once I let go of the conscious experience it began to connect with me in very personal ways. The humanity came to life. The Mona Lisa became an amused response to the audience. The same one that the artist was able to capture. The same way she looked at Leonardo as he looked at her. The one that never shows itself in the photographs. The place became full of these things. I've seen this in many places and found it to be lost in many others. Notre Dame had no aura for me but the one I was looking for there came to life in a darkened train car traveling through a Montana night on my way home. Aura requires direct interaction and that involves a combination of personal anticipation as well as environment. I remember many times this has happened throughout my life. Times when I would have to follow the moment and sense a realization with no need to try and explain it. Using a library to find a set result is impossible for me. That framework leads to futile disappointment. I find that going to a library is best accomplished when I let the aura lead me to so much more than I could plan for. The list of diverse places and experiences goes on and on. What you describe here ties it all together and is a refreshing alternative to what otherwise is only explained as an undisciplined way to live. Thank you for being what brought you to architecture snd taking the time to be curious enough to put it into words.

[@DamiLeeArch]

It’s great to see that this is an experience others have also put considerable thoughts into. Thanks for sharing and for the kind words 🙏

[@leothelion69]

"Vibe" is pretty much the same thing

[@BulkBrogan.]

I'm so used to KZbinrs being hobbyists and amateurs and having an interest in a topic but only being able to share very surface level information made flashy and clickable for as many as possible Honestly kind of like learning has lost it's aura also😂 so has music and almost everything that can possibly be experienced online Like the carefully crafted blogs, niche websites, and forums of the early internet have all been lost too so even the internets unique qualities have been lost But this channel is like a little Oasis Such high production, interesting thoughts, and good information

[@zam6877]

This was a lovely comment I agree about the rare unique Utube treasures I hope too to wander possible blind alleys and find ones like this

[@ernestjazendelacruz8811]

I was crying in the end, what a beautiful words to describe your concept

[@DamiLeeArch]

Wow thank you 🥹

[@MassiveJetGrind]

You've opened my mind to something I've always felt, but never noticed.

[@DamiLeeArch]

Then I’ve achieved my goal 😊

[@djbayr9516]

This applies to music too. Unexpected combinations or sounds, or keys that should not match that aren't the major or minor of each other, it's a very analog part of life that you spoke about visually. Fascinating!

[@DamiLeeArch]

Hmmm yeah very interesting. Like jazz 😊

[@sharongillesp]

There’s a huge difference in hanging ORIGINAL art (no matter the artist’s talent) - it gives a vibrancy to a room that a COPY can never replicate. I was shockingly surprised after hanging original art throughout my home!

[@williamturner6478]

Dami's description of how she explored Venice reminded me of when I went to Dijon. On the afternoon we arrived, we were trying to find a restaurant for the evening, and I was hot and bothered and annoyed by everyone smoking, and didn't particularly like the city. Then the next morning, I went out early to find a bakery. The one I was looking for was closed, so I just wandered about the old town a bit aimlessly, and as I did I got a better sense for Dijon's aura. I appreciated the city far more that day. The next day, I had to find a different bakery, and again wandered around the old town, admiring the stonework and multicolour roof tiles. Again, it set me up with a bigger appetite to explore and appreciate Dijon. Moral of the story? The French might be onto something with their bakeries.

[@richardbloemenkamp8532]

I was in Venice two months ago and I did exactly what you described without having seen this video. It is great to hear your commentary on it because it revives my memories and somehow increases my "understanding" of what I saw. I was full of preconceptions but as soon as you leave the most touristic paths and go to the full east, north and full west of the island you find what you showed. Thanks for the beautiful video!

[@RoseOnFire]

I love these videos because I never have experiences like these. I'm mentally ill and have gone through a lifetime of trauma, so it's just hard to imagine. So I enjoy learning about these experiences and listening to people passionately explain them. It help me feel like I understand people a little better, helps me feel less lost and alone for a moment, and reminds me that there's happiness out there. While I doubt that I'll ever find that happiness, it's nice to at least experience vicariously through other people. Thank you.

[@tamanna..369]

You'll have those moments someday I believe

[@TerrorFront85]

I thought I was bitter for being of the opinion that some images, places and moments just loose their value or this case aura once you want other people to witness it. I live for hoarding these moments and not letting anyone else know about them aside the ones experiencing with me. Awesome video series! Thank you.

[@afroceltduck]

I understand this. There's a particular artwork at our local University art museum, it's usually up to view. I always stop to look at it, for minutes at a time. Because, even though I have an image of it in a book at home, it's just not the same as being right in front of it, seeing it in the greatest amount of detail. I instinctively know that I can only fully experience it when I'm there, so I take it in as much as I reasonably can. It's been three years since the last time. Hopefully not too many more until the next.

[@DamiLeeArch]

I've had similar experiences, one that always stick out are Monet paintings for me. I could stare at them all day, but as soon as they're on a screen, they lose their magic.

[@novaricos]

The feeling of wonder and delight and gratefulness, arises afresh any time you think those thoughts, no matter where your body is! Make them as complete as you can by remembering all the senses you are experiencing there. smells, sights, sounds, feeling temperature and awareness of breezes and sun or fog, shadows etc on your hair, skin, and taste the air, position of your body and gravity, memories,.....describe it to yourself as if you were telling it, or writing it in a book for someone else to experience.

[@Dev1nci]

Those points derived from moving through the city are packed with so much richness, this is so valuable to students, designers who need a refresher and people who can't understand why they like spaces (educating clients is unbelievably valuable because you can't design something brilliant if the client doesn't even know what they should be aiming for).

[@mureebe1]

This concept of "aura" is really incredible, and the finding that our experiences are losing dimensions captures the very essence of the phenomenon.

[@kerethlewis5280]

This is beautiful content, it was like watching a mini movie with a great narrator

[@gabriellawrence6598]

I experienced this dèrive stuff while in Rome, I had a pre-planned circuit from point A to point B, but I often got attracted to the small alleyways and ended up finding hidden gems. I'm loving your channel, you're really sensitive and observant. Top quality content.

[@douglasyoung927]

This might be my favorite video so far! I live in Utah where I'm surrounded by mountains, desserts, national parks, waterfalls, cascades, springs, lakes, caves, cliffs, hoodoos, arches and cathedrals, canyons, forests of all kinds, mesas, ancient dwellings, and all manor of wild life. This drifting method of exploration and experience is how I like to interact with and absorb the world around me. Allowing your feelings to push and pull you through the environment and lead you into discoveries on both large and small scales. I often tell people that they could spend a lifetime in these hills and never run out of things to do. Putting words to this makes me want to experience other places, cities, environments and buildings in this way.

[@anom794939393]

traveling in Venice durring the pandemic in the winter was absolutely amazing. The rolling fog, isolation, dark and cool evenings, it was truly atmospheric.

[@gregbrooke3945]

As a 1st time viewer I'm very impressed with your review of the Saudia City proposal. I followed up with your channel trailer and plan to watch many more episodes. At first viewing, I was initially reminded of the BBC series (and companion book) from the '70s, "The Ascent of Man" by Jacob Bronowski. One remark made in your trailer while describing Venice was that following your footsteps leads to new discoveries. Anthony Bourdain made a similar statement; that following your senses is the best path to new experiences. Anyway, very excellent presentation and I'm looking forward to catching many additional episodes.

[@ComputerGeekOnTwoWheels]

Mind blowing perspectives that have enlightened me on so many levels. The video production was beautifully done and can't say enough about it. Thank you Dami.

[@marcusperry9481]

Umberto Eco's library theory is akin to casting lots. The books are like an array of casted lots. His happenstance is actually serendipity (which you've covered in some of your other videos). His ability to see those serendipitous moments is covered by Proverbs 16:33, to be precise.

[@rayramos8435]

I have the very same experience with books. I have been reading nonstop since the 3rd grade and when I enter a library or a bookstore I will get one sci-fi,one biography,one history,one on a hard science and one on a sift science. Too often,I find concepts or ideas threaded through all the books. Sometimes I need a piece if information and cannot find it and sure enough,I will stumble across what I need in whatever book I'm reading. Happens all the time.

[@CausticLemons7]

That was really beautiful and you've given me a better perspective on art and life. Thank you!

[@lanceferraro3781]

Thank you much for this. Derive. I didn't realize that is what I'd been doing, I called it exploring. When I lived in NYC; San Diego; Portland, OR; Dunoon, Scotland; Toulon, France; Honolulu; I would wander just like you have. I visited Venice and likely wandered the same places you did. I also visited Monaco, Palermo, Lisbon, Barcelona and in all those places just wandered, unguided. Someday soon I hope to visit the village my family came from, Alcamo, Sicily. I didn't always feel safe derive. In Jerusalem and Haifa, as my retired Mossad friend told me, I looked Jewish enough that the Arabs might want to mess with me, and Arab enough that the Jewish folk might do the same. Luckily, though a tense time, nothing happened.

[@ganderson87]

Great video. We have a similar dilemma in the live music sector. People choosing to document performances on their phone, rather than experience the aura of a show fully. I hope we can build a trend of aura appreciation 🙏🏻

[@dabi_]

Oh my god Dami, absolutely love both the message and the filmography/audiography of this. An insane amount of effort, from the way the transitions are done, to each sound effect that accompanies them, to the thought behind going deeper on what makes art valuable. Would have subbed if I wasn’t already ;) well done. Also related to this video: the book ‘The Design of Everyday Things’ has been on my reading list for a while. I think I’ll put it higher after watching this video.

[@DamiLeeArch]

Thank you David!! 🙏🙏🙏 Sounds right up my alley - I’ll check it out! 😊

[@BrendanIhmig]

I have finally found someone who has managed to articulated how I experience cities - for the longest time I thought I was just 'weird'. Thank you for sharing your experiences, I look forward to seeing more.

[@menigmatique]

I've just stumbled upon this channel and have watched a couple of videos, just wanted to say thanks and that your storytelling and production quality is brilliant, keep it up :)

[@DamiLeeArch]

Thank you 🙏

[@Lou.B]

Excellent work, Ms. Lee. Every place and moment has its own particular terroir; the conditions, perceptions, feelings, and thoughts that are the sum of that moment, and it is a particularly human trait to try to freeze, capture, or replicate that, and then insert it into some other moment. The futility of that impulse is the answer to the question of why we can never step into the same river twice. The more distanced we are from the moment we are in, we more frantically seek the experience of a different one. This is the trap we have fashioned for ourselves, the freeway blinds which obscure our awareness towards an uncertain, and narrowing, future.

[@edzehoo]

I meant this in a positive way - this would definitely make an awesome Bonvoy segment. She has a really nice comforting voice.

[@lukagudelj]

I would say this is one of the most intriguing architecture themed videos I’ve seen in a long time. Congratulations, glad I’ve discovered this channel 👏🏻

[@user-rx3pi8cr8r]

😇🙏🏿💯🍄 THANKS

[@Hoonters-goona-Hoont]

The first time I *really* felt what you're describing was on a solo trip through Copenhagen, when I was lucky enough to hit a couple Museums (and coolly designed spaces) in the area at a time where I was more or less the only visitor. That experience felt *so* different. Like I could really see the respective pieces (and places) only now, without all the noise and pull of crowds around me. Some of them actually made me cry from their beauty. when stepping out of these spaces, the city suddenly felt very different, too. More intimate, like I connected with it on a different level. It was wonderful, and it will forever stay unreplicable and untransferrable, and that's very okay. 😊

[@StackerRox]

You are an AMAZING documentarian! You've been able to put into words so many of the ways our society has regressed over time, and work like yours is a part of making real change! Also I've been putting lots of the books you've mentioned on my reading list :))))

[@charleshawkins699]

Aura is the glow of some invisible internal property. It is difficult to explain. Because it is part of the mystery of creation. It’s that mystery that makes people feel a spiritual connection to things. The feeling of inspiration for instance. Is only known initially to the imagination of one person. Until it’s shared in such a way everyone notices. A magical dancing of lights in the sky where the the idea of aura came from. The shine of the earth. The inner beauty of someone or something radiating outwards. It is the inclusion of everything small or microscopic arranged in such a way. It imbues a certain quality that is unmistakable. The Chinese call it Fung shui. Japanese artists call it zen. Americans call this vital or integral. Something that makes life have meaning. Beyond just ourselves. As if the world focuses on a certain point of existence. Where something special happened or is happening right before our eyes.

[@cercb]

This video, in and of itself, has tremendous aura due to how it important it is for the masses to understand. Just the fact that it prompts one to ponder and reflect that which has substance and knowing what can cause it to be lost compels me to appreciate exactly what's in front of me wholly, and in turn, help me to not take myself for granted. To be part of a world that is rich with substance and magnificence makes me love myself a little more and prevents me from ignoring just how beautiful its aura is.

[@seal_l_l]

Absolutely in love with your analysis and attention to patterns and details. I always try to understand what is there in the atmosphere/vibe/aura that makes us feel different about it, and you described all these sensory things just the way i feel them myself but could not comprehend and name. Thank you so much.

[@adamrooney6186]

Waking to discover a city is a joy of traveling. So many urban spaces in the U.S. are not built for humans but for cars. This makes "letting your feet lead you" more difficult. Distance running can work in some of these spaces to get a feeling of a place. No cars is a huge variable in safety, livability, & positive aura.

[@juliegal]

This reminds of Emerson’s poem that I have always loved, Each and All. It’s a beautiful articulation and expression of this concept.

[@sarqeles]

I'm loving the videos on your channel! For all the aspiring Architects out there, you're a great role model in the field and space. Thanks for paving the way and talking about subjects in your own genuine perspective. Wishing you MASSIVE success Dami. Los Angeles, CA, Sarah

[@wngimageanddesign9546]

Analogy to my music collection. The search, acquisition of physical media of vinyl, CDs, etc. And the ritual of setting up said medium to take the effort to sit and listen. Now with ease of digital downloads....my music collection is simple, and massive, and databased on HDDs. So vast that I haven't had time to listen to all that I've collected. That is a sad example of progress.

[@kylieshaye6562]

I just found your channel and i havent come across videos this interesting in a long time. Your videos actually make me feel smarter and more contemplative than most stuff on youtube. And the production, editing and how your videos are shot is seriously top tier, so thanks so much for sharing this videos for everyone!

[@fersuvious]

Just found your channel. Amazing stuff! As a Canadian I lament how most of our architecture in most of our cities that were built in the last century lack any of not all sense of aura.

[@niamhfox9559]

I live outside Melbourne (aust) and the best parts of the city, the best bars, shops, street art, exhibition spaces, everything is down little side streets and underground in basement shops. Like you said, they don't feel like 'extra space' and therefore dangerous because they are occupied by people. They are the most 'aura' filled spaces because they aren't chain clothes shops or the expensive shops, being the cheaper and available spaces for people to have their own personal businesses that they have invested their lives into. Melbourne attempted to expand into 'Docklands' pushing the public transport, residential and office spaces further out. It feels like a wasteland, friends of mine lived there, jokingly called it 'divorcelands' and then ended up divorced themselves. If you haven't got a purpose to be there it feels like a place you can't just wander.

[@nathanwilliams3211]

Watching your videos reminds me of the way I experienced the city museum in St. Louis because just traveling through the space and getting lost was an experience and you never really knew what a passage would open up to. More difficult to move through than a building but the way of moving through spaces and the aura and emotion is similar. Like you get the anxiety of tight spaces that open up to large spaces for relief as in your anxiety design video. I don’t see a lot of buildings that are experiences like that. Also I like the videos of maze like cities where it looks like you might hit a dead end or it might open up into a courtyard.

[@joaovictordecastroalves7948]

The content, the edit and the photography of this video are insane!! Great video!!

[@rcireland]

I have no idea how I stumbled upon your channel, but, I'm so happy that I did. You have incredibly interesting content,super high quality production and a very beautiful mind! Thank you for being here:)

[@WhirledPublishing]

I grew up in a family of architectural designers, builders and contractors - which means I grew up looking at blueprints, I grew up on construction sites and touring model homes - since my high school offered drafting classes, after six years of being a costume designer, I began my "architectural designs" at age 15. In university, I studied City Planning ... another decade and a half passed and then I set my mind on creating a self-sustaining eco-village ... Another 20 years passed, which took me to more than 50 years of research and study - which includes developing my own innovations in construction, passive solar, solar orientation, earth-bermed construction, green architecture, rain catchment, my personal experiences with off-grid living for years, designing for health and happiness and beauty and convenience, designing for truth, designing to maximize human potentials, and all this includes studying and touring the design work of Frank LLoyd Wright - his Dana-Thomas House in Springfield blew my mind, I also toured his architectural school Taliesen in Wisconsin - and after studying economics, permaculture, the Stout Method, hydroponics, studying animals and water features, touring many cities and living across a span of over 7,000 miles, and after living in a 100-room English Manor known as Harlaxton which is 100 miles north of London, and after living in a 52-room marble palace known as Swannanoa which is on Afton mountain in Virginia, after living in a couple different log cabins, after living on the 52nd floor of a high-rise in Chicago for years, and after living in a hammock alongside a stream on a mountainside I owned, after living for years among the gorgeous flowering trees and beautiful ocean waves and wonderful mountains of the big island of Hawaii, after studying nutrition and anti-aging and numerous other topics, I was, two years ago, suddenly, unexpectedly and miraculously "blessed" with the design concept for my self-sustaining eco-village which includes dozens of micro-villages - each with their own integrating design theme - this self-sustaining ecovillage offers the best of all possible worlds to those who want to live a life of truth and peace, health and happiness, kindness and helpfulness, brilliance and beauty, laughter, wonder, magnificence and fun.

[@DamiLeeArch]

Sounds like you had an incredible depth and breadth of architectural experience ;) would love to see the eco village some day 😊

[@WhirledPublishing]

​@@DamiLeeArch We're in our pre-construction phase, with our hopes set on constructing one on Mauna Kea, one or more in Tennessee and one or more in Virginia - each w/ 50+ acres for edible gardens, cafes, parks, water features, an opera house, a concert hall, dinner theater, cinema, film studio, music recording studio, cottage industries, markets, a gift economy, hard-core nutrition, QiGong, a school and university, summer camps, conferences and seminars, etc. I want to take this eco-village forward - which means uploading it all onto a website, making videos, etc. If you have suggestions, I'm happy to hear it.

[@WhirledPublishing]

​@@DamiLeeArch My life's work in architectural design and eco-village design is a tiny fraction of my projects - I haven't uploaded any of my architectural designs onto my channel or onto a website - my best work is in researching the history of our Earth's origins and the timeline for our Earth's cataclysms which resulted in all the major geological formations - including continents, mountains, coastlines, broken and subducted tectonic plates, the ice sheets, etc. - which turns out to be very different from what the public is told. As a result of my research, I've written hundreds of book manuscripts across the full-spectrum of topics from politics, economics and religions to healthcare and nutrition, history and chemistry, geology, volcanology, glaciology, botany ( not that one yet but it's in my mind ), astronomy, etc., as well as the true timeline for "ancient civilizations" - including the Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, Egyptians, Hebrews, Hindus, Chinese, Europeans, Latin Americans, North Americans, Australians, etc. - this includes the timeline for languages and linguistics, the timeline for the old literature, the old illustrations, old paintings, statuary, architecture, megaliths, music and dance, etc., the timeline for "prehistoric" creatures and so on. As a classically-trained opera singer, my repertoire includes over 50 arias composed by Mozart, Puccini, Rossini, Verdi, Vivaldi and dozens of other composers - I sing in ten languages with a three and a half octave range: G2 to D6 I'm a songwriter with nearly 1,000 original songs, I'm a screenwriter with dozens of original screenplays, and I've written a dozen musicals for stage and film, as well as dozens of my original music-comedy variety shows, and I'm an inventor with several innovations that I love. I'm also a designer of couture evening gowns - for decades - which morphed out of my costume designs which began at age nine and continued through my university years because I was a dancer and choreographer - my evening gown designs began in my 40's which then morphed in my haute couture designs for wedding gowns and then elegant active wear made from cashmere / silk / cotton / spandex blends. I work 16 or more hours a day - 7 days a week - because I love my life's work.

[@malicealice6346]

This is probably the video i enjoyed most of all your videos on here. Thank you for your work, and thank you to the videoeditor-san! ^~^

[@BTjs321456]

Your openess & exploratory nature reflects off this video which gives off a pleasant aura to audiences watching, that is how I experience your video. The simplicity of presentation intertwines with the intricacity of your investigation into Venice which blends with the idea of "Aura" which was properly communicated at the onset. This is why Im leaving you a comment to compliment your creation. Feel free to think otherwise, but this is my thoughts on why Venice give you such a sense of "Aura". The ancient narrow street alleys which turn & bends as you would have properly call it a labyrinth, coupled with the absence of streetposts & signages to label the new locations you find yourself turning into, would add to that shroud of mystery & lure you on to further explore as it elucidate your curiousity. Such appreciation of the Aura of the place, people & objects are often overlooked when living our daily routine life in our hometown which we are all too familiar with. The beautiful architecture & experience of discovering something new at the next corner in Venice will undoubtedly add to what you will describe as "Aura". This brings me to the idea regarding the heightened sense of"Aura" that you experience with regards to that particular moment in time, which is therefore not so much because of the place, people or objects in your presence at that point in time, but it really has more to do with whether you yourself appreciate & embrace the uniqueness of this present moment. & because most of us are taking daily life in our familiar setting for granted most of the time, we actively miss out on the chances to appreciate & experience that "Aura" you are describing. Once again, thank you for creating such an interesting video, I really enjoy it!👍

[@aranoguera8945]

I live 30 minutes from Venice, but I have only been there 4 times. The first time I went I didn't enjoy it. I followed the "must see" list. I was disappointed about not having the same excitement at being there as I had at the thought of being there when I was planning the trip. The last time I went, I had no list, no schedule, and no company. Alone I felt more, paid more attention, got lost. After watching this video I look forward to going back to Venice. This has been so enriching.

[@francescocamillo]

I studied architecture in Venice and I perfectly agree with you! totally love this content!

[@rashmeetkaur8131]

I was anxious and came across this video it calmed me down and I learned something new. Thanks so much keep going you have a gift

[@WilliamFoxdev]

I went to Venice and only had a day to explore. We mostly kept to the heavily trafficked areas, and you made me realize how much of a mistake that was. I would have never thought something would drive me to want to visit it again, but this piece of yours really makes me want to walk with no purpose in this city. Thanks for the wonderful piece!

[@rayramos8435]

Umberto Eco's "anti-library" is a real thing. I used to call them my library Angel's. Often I would have a burning question(pre internet) only to have the precise bit of information appear in the book that I was currently reading,regardless of its subject matter. Whenever I went to the library I would pick out one sci-fi,one history,one bio etc. I would find threads of ideas that went through all of the books,as if I was having a conversation with someone. Once I began to read about the Tarot and I Ching I realized it had something to do with our pattern making brain gazing upon a chaotic system. Phillip K Dick wrote about experiences like this as well. There is much of value in such "strange ideas".

[@apsarka71]

Venice: it was morning coffee in the sun on Torcello island, where I was the only (or one of three) tourist that decided to take first morning vaporetto to get there... being there alone at the right time helped me so much to FEEL the place. Since there I am in constant pursuit of these moments Venice. They are rare and sometimes completely unexpected (dinner at some piazza where few boys played football and the waiter was scolding one of them - turned out that he was his father) but therefore so valuable.

[@leosimlock8766]

You are honestly the best podcast in the world. I thought architecture was just building things and drawing geometrical shapes, but by watching your videos I get entranced into the beauty that the building speaks. I obtain much more appreciation of everything. Thank you so much for sharing your emotion and thought. ❤

[@yarimanko]

I'd watched a random Mac review video which recommended one of yours.. been quite fun diving into your other videos and the information and ideas you present, so I thank you for that. Really glad to have found your channel!

[@gamaltarakhan5970]

I loved the video so much and the storytelling is fantastic and easy to follow. Of course, the amount of knowledge and information that I got from the video too !

[@devanarmoriescu4531]

This is the way I'd like to approach cities if I ever were able to travel anywhere in the world. Whenever I find Barthes's punctum in the streets I'm mezmerized by it and it pulls me in. One of the strongest punctums I can come across are the sunset veils. Depending of the amount and size of the trees leading to the vanishing point, they can be around four or seven. I think they have a kind of aura because the dust particles can't be captured by regular camera lenses. They are even hard to reproduce in paintings, but if you master your techniques they won't elude the grasp of brushes and colours

[@jumpstart55million]

This is a masterpiece. You have such strange yet brilliant insights into the world of cultural and artistic phenomenon in how it relates to the overall cultural zeitgeist. I really enjoy watching your stuff..👍 You should definitely consider writing a book one day.

[@psychedelicdreamer986]

I just discovered your channel today. Wow! I really love your videos and I'm going to watch the playlist as well. It's nice to find something so unique and different on youtube and with so much depth. Thank you!

[@edwardenglishonline]

What an inspiring video -yet again coming from you- to wake up to, with a cup of coffee and time to reflect upon your thoughts and replay it once more. Brilliantly put together (deeply thoughtful), beautifully produced and visually appealing too (exquisitely framed, borrowing a word from yours). Had I money to spare, I would become a producer as well (as it is, you can at least count on my likes to the vast majority of your videos sent to this remote corner by the “algorithm”). Easy to see that you are going to fly even much, much higher, Dani: Eloquent, talented, tasteful and very deep and cultivated. Great vibes and pure magic!! 😍🥰

[@booksandocha]

Thanks for the video, this was even better than I expected with the intriguing title. And I really appreciated your discussion of Venice, since it put into words a lot of what I felt when I visited the place years ago and led me into being fascinated by the city. And incidentally, this was also one of the better and more concrete discussion of Benjamin's ideas that I've come across, and I really enjoyed it.

[@cristalgreen7556]

The compression and release you describe is exactly how I felt getting lost in Venice and discovering gems I never knew were possible. I've been to Venice twice. The first time my stay was short and I travelled from tourist spot to tourist spot. The second time I had five days and revelled in getting lost. As soon as a road led me onto the travelled tourist path, I'd search the corners of houses for a half-hidden passage to escape into the landscape of the city again. Walking along deserted alleyways. It was magical and your video truly brought all of those feelings back. I've even had this experience in my own town. I live in a small medieval village in France (less than 1000 inhabitants) and after living here for a good year, I suddenly discovered a passage I had never seen before, hidden in a corner between old buildings. A short-cut only visible to to those seeking to explore. I think a lot of old cities have these kinds of gems. I have found them in my own village, as well as in Busan and Seoul and Hong Kong. But few cities are as dense with these kinds of magical discoveries as Venice is.

[@alairlibreinsfreie5785]

thank you for this highly interesting video. it gives me -almost 20 years after the fact- an insight into what happened during one magic early morning in a still sleeping town on the outskirts of paris. i was there on a family visit and woke up at four thiry in the morning. and since i had nothing to do, i got up, grabed my camera and went out in the upcoming morning light, to roam the quiet streets of this quarter build of little houses of the 1930s to 1950s...and i did as you did in venice...i just followed the texture of the streets,lines of sight that opened and realy got lost without a care... it was a very strong emotion that i got and i was full of joy and felt a strange bond with that place. as i am a photogapher,i also took a lot of pictures, but like you explained... even so there were some realy nice ones, they never managed to bring back that feeling of this moment in the streets... obviously i never forgot this morning and thanks to you in have now a better understanding of what had happened and why. keep on your phantastic work

[@moncifsalaheddinehabbas9912]

I've just discovered your channel and i fell in love with it great content i really appreciate your work .

[@d3aph]

This concept of derive (sorry no accent mark) is something, in hind sight, that I always experience whenever I visit Japan.

[@richardcottone6620]

I spent some time in Venice, and it leaves you with a wondrous feeling that you never forget

[@hazemgamer]

What an amazing video! Great content and great mise en place ! It's so point on and so well put together! As an architect I fully enjoyed this video, you also made the abstract concept of aura tangible and Palatable to the general public, thank you so much! I've been thoroughly enjoying your videos so far and especially this one! Keep it up!

[@DamiLeeArch]

Thank you so much!! Happy you enjoyed it. 😊

[@raythink]

This video make me feel loved by the world of architect.

[@leeanucha]

Wow this subject has just open another dimension for me. Thank you for this.

[@stevebroddc]

The cadence of your voice and pace of video is perfect

[@Andelf7]

Thank you. I love your insight, and your passion and how you're balanced in understanding the mysticism and the science. Keep making more videos.

[@frithfiver]

I randomly stumbled across this series - I don't know how, I'm not even into architecture! But I have to say you captivated me from the beginning and I thoroughly enjoyed each video. Really impressive filmmaking and series, thank you!

[@gaiaarmellin]

Hi Dami, thank you for this fantastic video and memoir :) I'm from Venice and you're the first foreigner I heard who goes beyond the usual visual or uncomfortable aspects of the city (the touristy spots, the tourists, the costs, the smells...) and wants to comprehend its Soul (or Aura). Thank you for sharing, it's a beautiful gift to all Venetians.

[@soulplayexperiences]

This was so beautifully done. As an artist, I can so relate to what has been shared. Thank you Dami.

[@samueldanby]

your film making is getting insanely good.

[@DamiLeeArch]

Thank you! I have a small team now so it really lets me explore different filming and editing styles.

[@stacie1595]

I currently live in Korea and a really popular trend here is to go café hopping. Cafes have caught on and now every café is trying to out do the competition with the best Instagram-able designs. Some have random sets in the corners to encourage people to take photos, they all promote with Instagram more than any other site, and they don't really exist to serve good coffee but to be photographed and shared. They all have the same menu pretty much but each one has a slightly different aesthetic. Its kind of fun sometimes but other times I find it really difficult to find a café that's good for reading, studying, and enjoying a good coffee.

[@zurithiaxeli]

this is absolutely gorgeous! i really look forward to more!

[@inlocoparentis]

I stumbled upon your channel recently. I found your videos interesting. I found this video both compelling and alien. My art is photography, not because I want to share something I see with hordes of faceless, nameless entities on social media. I was shaped by photojournalism. I cut my teeth by capturing snippets of war from the turret of a humvee. Then I shot for the U.S. Army for a number of years. Images, depending on the photographer capture an aspect of a moment in time; if it's forced, it doesn't have the same aura. In the sense that I experience the world, and its spaces like a photographer, your experience of its spaces are alien. This alien-ness is what I find so compelling. The wording, the pacing, and the experience has given me a new way of putting my camera down and simply being in a space, which is fascinating. Thank you for the gift of your time.

[@pyroglyphic1]

You have such a beautiful mind. It's melodic. I like the counterpoint. I've wandered Venice too, with math. I think you should be the first human on the team when we explore an alien civilization.

[@gabrielsanchez5553]

I always try this in a daily basis. I observe and admire my surroundings or a particular great wowness moment, place or interaction and don't try to capture it in a picture but in my memory and the feelings being produce at that time.

[@eddiesinger3912]

I love all of your videos so much!!! I’m so happy I found this channel.

[@patrickbureau1402]

You had me with the W. Benjamin reference - my own MFA thesis The "Special" is changed with the mono-society & mono-artz & culturez new world. Happy the Architectz have returned to " experience " not just fascades & the " image" In the yrs of working with the public - the publicspace - the commonz - are in Greatz Needz !🇨🇦

[@dementiasorrow]

These concepts are so dense and interesting I think they deserve longer videos. I could watch these for hours.

[@cathyk9197]

Great explanation of exploring Venice - surprise around so many corners

[@vhyleung]

The ideas in here deeply resonated. So often do we get consumed by replicability and attention that we forget the essence and unmediated qualities of the things we interact with... to appreciate the beauty of all things around us at a very fundamental level. I especially admire how you tied the reflections and insights with your own travels to Venice, ending the narrative with a remark on the fleeting qualities of this thing we call 'aura', a reminder to live in the moment. There's an inherently bittersweet tinge to this idea - that the most poignant of experiences can only exist as memories, from a specific time and place. An inspiring and contemplative account - evidently a labor of love. Thanks for sharing.

[@ethanrogers9627]

This is a work of art. Can't believe I missed the upload! I had to dig through your annals to find it.

[@kereama5085]

I've always thought about this concept but I've never heard it be encapsulated so well. There are so many things that I've tried to photograph, but it just isn't the same because it doesn't have the "aura"

[@buddybear68]

I have been following you for a very long time. I very rarely write comments but have been increasingly drawn to do so for the last few months. Today is the day. Please don’t fall prey to weekly post urgency at the cost of the actual quality. I would rather wait an extra week if need be. The analysis and imagery are stunning and leave me speechless and pensive. I cannot thank you enough for adding these rich textures enveloping architecture. Keep it up and THANK YOU.

[@jamiepearson9652]

Great content and presentation! Look forward to seeing more of this series and beyond!

[@SpencerBilodeau]

Thank you for this... I have never thought about 'aura' and my mind feels a bit more opened.

[@GilanaHealer]

Really beautiful imagery, music, and poetic script with an almost meditative pacing that compels the viewer to slow down and appreciate the moment, to get in touch with that sensory soulful immersive experience in the present, giving us a real-time direct experience of "aura" while watching your video. I think it was an inspired decision to turn your thesis into this series of a simultaneously educational and experiential audiovisual journey. The high quality of sound, editing, transitions, on screen text and images really elevate this series to a documentary film level. You've gained a fan.

[@DamiLeeArch]

Thank you so much! 🙏

[@steliomacamo6080]

wow!!! Irecently found this channnel and I simply love you, your contents and your passion. I just graduated in Architecture and your videos help me more to love my profession. Dami you are so inspiring. thank you!

[@kachunchoi4891]

just stumbled on your channel, your story telling and editing style is top notch.

[@laynemartin7914]

This reminds me of printed photos vs digital... you get a different feel for the photos you print out than the ones that sit on your phone.