Recently I read an interview of an actor in the newspaper, where he described himself as a method actor with spontaneity. Actors are often relegated to being labelled one of the two, whereas in reality is that each actor would fall somewhere in the spectrum between the two. This drew me towards understanding the equivalent of the same to an architect, for the two ends of the spectrum can often be applied to an architect as well. One definition of a method actor on the vast in

“How can one be spontaneous. . .” ” . . . when you know too much ?” An excerpt from an interview¹ with Philip Johnson, this question resonates so closely with most people who partake in a creative process. Johnson goes to elaborate how some architects are burdenened by intellect and “knowing too much” to actually create something good. He claimed to be influenced by architects such as Bernini and Michelangelo, who never had a formal education in Architecture. So where does th