This week-end is Pentecost. But Monday is a regular working day, even for the banks or public institutions. Last week-end, Monday was an official holiday, even for architects. Memorial Day. I don’t know exactly what Memorial Day stands for. I think it is in memory of all the soldiers killed in wars. At least it’s a patriotic reason. So is the next holiday, 4^th July, in honor of the declaration of independence. I think religious holidays are seriously only celebrated by either the Catholics from Latin America or the Jews. At least in Los Angeles or New York. I don’t think many Americans know what Pentecost is about…on the other hand someone mentioned recently that the president is closing his speech with ‘god bless America’, on every dollar bill it says ‘in god we trust’. A typical example of the tremendous gap between attitudes or habits and the reality. It’s schizophrenic in a way. Religious has a certain innocence which is used as legitimacy. It’s the absence of argument, questions, criticism. It’s believing and trust. The conflict of separation between politics and religion, state and church. We should ask more questions.