Two extremes of maturity: Between fawning and destructive interference

Observing the relationships between generations, I have often seen the same drama: when parents lack a foundation of their own, they inevitably fall into one of two extremes. Some begin to fawn over their children, afraid to say a word too many and playing roles that are not their own — just so as not to be lost, just so that even a drop of attention might be shown to them.

Others choose the opposite, even more dangerous path — they become overly active in the life of the young family. Knowing neither the true circumstances nor what is really happening between two hearts, they intrude with their advice, judgments and rules.

Creating the architecture of the Golden World, I wanted to give the older generation the chance to feel their own inner foundation again and to sense that they can and should live their own life. This is a closed space of meaning, where a person no longer needs either to fawn for attention or to assert themselves at the expense of interfering in their children's family.