My friend, Steven, brought up an interesting point to me the other day. He was talking about a long-term friend of his who is a genius in the thought sciences (Latin American Thought, Philosophy, etc.). Just super intelligent. And he mentioned to me how fascinating it was that this guy has such unbelievably bright thoughts coming from a generation where education wasn’t that advanced here in Costa Rica.

It led me to thoughts of other disparities, such as how talented my many architect friends are. I’ve seen the most amazing designs they have created and listen to them talk often about aspects of architecture I’d never heard of or would have dreamed that they include in the process of creating a design. I’m super impressed. However, if you were to look around at the architecture in Costa Rica, you’d be pretty depressed. Nothing here has style. One exception would be the National Theater pictured above. It’s really sad. It makes me feel like all that talent is going to waste.

I’m not sure where I’m even going with this line of thought. Just thinking out loud I guess. Thanks for putting up with me!