I Am a Blank Canvas Urbanite

Yesterday I went to a wonderful 3 hour lecture and tour of the Biodesign Institute at ASU. They have brilliant minds working on such things as nanotechnology and DNA profiles. They often collaborate with our own TGen. In the talk, the director of the center, Dr. George Poste, commented that he "lived every day in the far future."

That comment hit home for me. As I was walking on the treatmill at the Downtown YMCA, I looked out the window and saw a fenced up vacant lot. Right behind that I saw the 411 building. But what I really "saw" was the beautiful park that the City of Phoenix is planning to put on that vacant lot. And the 411 building will be a part of the vibrant ASU downtown campus. Like Dr. Poste, I live every day in the future, just not the far future. To me, the vision is so much fun - I am SUCH a Blank Canvas Urbanite! (Have you taken the Urbanite Quiz on the urbanliving360.com website?)