I WAS INTERESTED IN OTHER THINGS . FOR EXAMLE , WHILE CLASS IT STARTED RAINING , I WOULD THINK OF THE FLOWING WATER AND HOW TO BUILD A DAM TO BLOCK IT. I WOULD BE THINKING ABOUT THE FLOW OF WATER WITHIN THE DAM AND HOW MUCH OF WATER THE DAM WOULD BE ABLE TO HOLD AND THAT WAS THE INTEREST FOR MY DAY . AND WHEN A STUDENTS LOST A BUTTON THEY WOULD CME RUNNING TO ME AND I WOULD CUT A BUTTON FOR THEM FROM CHALK USING A BLADE
COMING TO THE PRESENT , HOW DO YOU DECIDE AS WHAT KIND OF STRUCTURE YOU WANT TO GIVE A CLIENT
I LOOK AT THE CLIENTS FACE, HIS CLOTHES, THE WAY HE TALKS , THE WAY HE PRONOUNCES THE WAY HE EATS AND I WOULD KNOW WHAT HIS TASTE WOULD BE LIKE. I CAN RELATE TO PEOPLE IN THAT WAY THAT WOULD BE COMFORTABLE . I SKETCH VERY SPONTANEOUSLY ON PAPER ON THE SPOT . THAT PAPER I GIVE IT TO MY PEOPLE IN MY OFFICE
YOU DO IT IT INSTINCTIVELY?
CALL IT INSTINCT , CALL IT ARITHMETIC , WHATEVER . NOW IT COMES TO ME LIKE MATHEMATICS . PUTTING DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION , PHSYCOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY TOGETHOR AND MAKING A SKETCH FROM ALL THAT IS MATHEMATICS