Paul Minotto

painting, music and architecture

I looked within her eyes
a sky of blue million smiles
floating amongst the clouds

Everyone wants to see into them
like some sort of exotic gems

Black ladders reach upward
on which everyone climbs for miles
But the further one goes
the further away are the smiles

Eventually everyone falls one by one
landing in black boxes labeled "beans"
climbing, falling again

As the blue million smiles multiply
so do the ladders boxes people
climbing, falling faster

At a blue billion smiles
the ladders fall, the boxes crumble
everything stops to a sudden silence

Peace
Freedom
Beans for everyone.


I looked away as someone farted.

Casa Davis: Grass Domes over a Stairway to Heaven

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On a Southern California mountain top, 2000 feet in the sky, 15 miles from the Pacific Ocean, Casa Davis sits majestically overlooking a valley of oak trees and chaparral plants with an infinite view that extends to the Pacific Ocean and beyond.

The home owner’s passion for nature, art, and Italian automobiles are the key inspirations for the design.

Having to work within certain budgetary guidelines, living spaces dictating basic, white cubes became the blank canvas on which to start from. A connection to the outdoors was essential and wood frame construction with cement stucco was chosen as the main materials.

Creating a softened contrast to the cubes, “living” domes over the garages planted with wild flowers and native plants burst with color during the growing season and echo the nearby mountains. Other plants such as Agave cacti on the roof and succulent green walls further integrate the house with the surroundings.

Lemon trees accent the yellow of the exterior walls as other Agave cacti dot the landscape. Zen garden design concepts, California natives and Mediterranean plants in...