editor’s note

Free Floating
Imagine how you'd feel if you couldn't move your body well enough to operate a wheelchair, let alone walk under your own power.  Then imagine the feeling of liberation you would have in rising out of those physical confines and
Taking Shape
The issue you hold in your hands marks the completion of WaterShapes' fifth year in print - a milestone that I can't believe is happening so soon.   It doesn't seem all that long ago that
Teaming with Potential
'The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.'                                                                                                                             -- Babe Ruth How many watershaping projects are
Information Access
Coming up in New Orleans - first during the American Society of Landscape Architects' Expo (November 1-2) and later that same week at the International Pool & Spa Expo (November 5-6) - we'll be giving show attendees a special opportunity to
Almost Too Easy
It's a wonderful coincidence and a rare opportunity:  From October 30 through November 3, the American Society of Landscape Architects will hold its 2003 meeting and exposition in New Orleans, followed the next day - in the very same city and in the very same convention center - by the
Historic Resonance
Occasionally, we run pairs or sets of articles that seem to have nothing in common at first glance, but that actually, on closer examination, harmonize in unexpected and important ways.  To be sure, we quite deliberately revisit key themes throughout the pages of all of our issues, but sometimes, it seems, the most powerful music
A Hidden Place
Earlier this year, I was treated to a guided tour of The Quarry Golf Club in La Quinta, Calif., by landscape architect Ken Alperstein.   Although I had seen pictures of the course and was also
Resolving Resolution
I understand why so many people love digital cameras:  You don't have purchase or develop film, you can check your images instantly, and it's easy to upload pictures onto your computer and
Places to Remember
I've heard it said that even though the greatest stories may require only a relatively few words in their telling, their meanings can echo through generations.  Inside this issue, you'll find a concise
Higher Purposes
Lately I've noticed a fascinating trend among the projects we've been approached to publish - a string of articles about watershapes that, for want of a better term, have been designed with