Wednesday, February 01, 2006
(in editing 2/2/2006 12:10 PM)
On Founding the Taos Institute
Some decision needs to be made related to
1) if I will stay in Taos and continue to work on the concept of a significant e-commerce system based on the understandings described in Investment Prospectus [1]
2) if I should attempt to rent a second location, the current one as the “virtual Taos” show room, and work area, and the second location as the Taos Tea shop – with virtual Museum display (digital images of artist’s works) transmitted to large screen video monitors. (see Investment Prospectus)
Current location leased as a workshop
These thoughts are predicated on steps leading to the acquisition of the Indian Hills Inn and some land adjacent to the Inn. (for the larger picture à [66-1] )
The room just off the Lobby where the current Pruitt studio is at
Crazy Sam’s is located to the right.
One sees the current location of the Pruitt Gallery on the other side of the Florist shop.
A water feature is to be placed in the front of the Pruitt gallery/ Virtual Art Museum (in its current location). If the second location is acquired, then a similar water pond would be placed in front of the windows.
The high ceiling allow light to come in from the South, a door opens from a back room … which is large enough to support a Tea Shop storage room, as well as to perhaps allow a side entrance to the Shop from an outdoor patio (between the Tea Shop and the Inn’s swimming pool)
Everything has to be seen in the context of how a remodeling (transformation) of the Inn is accomplished, and whether or not virtual Taos will come into existence
One notices the high ceiling
A large bathroom is present
In front of the one bathroom there is a nice sitting area
Viewing from the back of the main room
The Concept of the Taos Tea Shop à [66-2]