I do not understand, for the life of me, why we don’t make all of our human creations beautiful.  Why do we hold such little value to beauty in what we build and develop?  Wouldn’t we all prefer to live in a beautiful space as opposed to an ugly one?  So, if you gotta build something, make sure it’s aesthetic – yes, even if this costs more.  It will be worth every dollar.  I thought of this on our recent trip to Oregon, when I saw this structure, and this paint job:

And, it reminded me of the gorgeous stone bridge just north of Hilo that I loved to run over when I needed some exercise.  Wouldn’t you rather have any of these things as your local view as opposed to a plain, drab building and a solely utilitarian bridge?