faux truth window?

[Michael K. lough]

David said


Yes, most of us feel odd about faux-anything. I dislike fake shutters on
suburban homes, for example.


It is interesting really what we might learn about  faux anything isnt it? 
The vanity, the illusion, the deceit, the need to "appear"  "appropriate" ?… 
does "faux" say this or is it just a need to match the trousers with the 
jacket? sort of lets make it look co ordinated and smart ? Rather than 
utilitarian and  mismatched? Organised and "professional  looking" or much 
darker ?…8)

The larger question of building as cultural activity also plays here I think 
…where else but North America would something be fashioned to "appear" like 
something else …?  Madison Avenue zeitgeist triumphs still… but surely in a 
most surprising way!   Oh OK,  mock tudor springs to mind…


Michael Lough