What is the difference between a joist and a girder?
Joist wrote “Ulysses” and Girder wrote “Faust”. 🙂 Speaking of which, Girder wrote, “Alles vergängliche ist nur ein Gleichnis.” (Everything fleeting is a glimpse {of that which is eternal}) This is quite a bit like Blake too, of course. It’s too bad that the world would find the things you chose to quote here unfashionable. Art IS about life. To slightly contradict Baudelaire, I would suggest that evoking external reality (die Vergängliche) does not diminish art if that external reality poetically reminds us of what is unvergängliche. I happen to love external reality, but I try to depict its nature as pointing to, and participating in, the eternal. I expect that a lot of art world people find this attitude daft and unfashionable, but it’s what I have found enduring beyond fashion.
Related Questions
- JOIST & JOIST GIRDER SIZE QUESTIONS 1. What is the maximum length and/or depth of a joist or joist girder that can be delivered in one piece?
- Joist & Joist Girder Design Questions 1. Are joists and joist girders designed to the AISC-ASD Code or AISC-LRFD Code?
- JOIST & JOIST GIRDER LOADING QUESTIONS 1. How should special loads for joists or girders be specified?
