Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

Adding to something can be difficult. The result is often less beautiful, less structurally pure, less this and that. Behold, however, the beauty of the “add on.”

You see them in houses. At least we used to see them. We still do in some rural areas where construction isn’t regulated too much.

A family grew (babies). Income grew. They added a bedroom. Then they added another. And then another.

A restaurant had more business. They added a dining room onto the left side of the building.

Software use grew. We added a few new features that the new users wanted.

Ugly? Maybe. Not fitting perfectly with the original architecture? Probably.

Beautiful? Absolutely. Someone succeeded. Someone grew. Someone added on.