imagineering first one must see, must imagine, what is needed, what will solve, what will work, what might be.           air is the hiding place of discovery. only then in the mind's eye. will wave equations form. only then will misty shape appear.           water is the flowing of our knowing. then will hands build, while chaos resists order, and patience finds its limit.            fire is the illuminator and refiner. so a new thing comes to be, a new purpose is known, a new name is given.           earth is our refound home.

engineering begins with imagining and calculating before it builds and achieves. air, water, fire and earth - the ancient elements of ingenium. what the university of houston calls "the engines of our ingenuity" (their photos - by john h. lienhard)

1journey.net     jan 2007 elias