Thoughtful Thursday-Jonathan Hale

As I am going to hear Jonathan Hale, author of The Old Way of Seeing, speak about Newburyport Architecture on Sunday, I've been looking at his book again and reading an older post about it. Here's the paragraph the quote comes from:

The grammar of shape is innately understood. Unlike speech, it is visible in plants and animals everywhere. The intuitive design process gives access to that knowledge. You do not work at design; you play at it.