E D I T O R I A L
Much to my chagrin, Robert Frost, an icon of my youth
and darling of the Kennedy White House, seems to have
been a bit of a curmudgeon at home. Nevertheless, his
poems—The Road Not Taken; Mending Wall—resonate,
now, well over half a century since I first read them.
On several occasions I have appropriated the titles of
these poems in conversation with designers, encouraging
them to take the road less traveled in design, the one
often not taken, the one that stands outside the obvious.
In other instances I have alluded to the mending wall by
encouraging some designers not to over-renovate, and
in other instances, to mend disagreements or to mesh
design styles.
In yet a third Frost poem, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy
Evening, he writes:
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
Daily, I marvel at the long hours and substantial energy
designers, decorators and architects expend on behalf of
their clients in the quest for beauty.
HYLAND HYLAND HYLAND
Christopher Hyland