You should really read this book I talked about Archie sometime! I couldn't believe how much thought they put into every little detail, I want to say he mentioned that lunch too! Great post!
Thanks! I would be interested in the day to day happenings of TR's administration. I also really want to read The Bully Pulpit, Doris Kearns Godwin's book about Roosevelt and Taft's relationship with the press.
The superstition carried to that degree -wow. Although circling back to the elevator story, even today many hotels don't have a 13th floor. The wax statue thing, so clever and yet, so ... transitory. Then again, more staying power than an ice sculpture.
That's the part I find most compelling about the wax statue is that it's transitory, and it makes one question the bronze or stone monuments we see as being permanent.
You should really read this book I talked about Archie sometime! I couldn't believe how much thought they put into every little detail, I want to say he mentioned that lunch too! Great post!
Thanks! I would be interested in the day to day happenings of TR's administration. I also really want to read The Bully Pulpit, Doris Kearns Godwin's book about Roosevelt and Taft's relationship with the press.
The superstition carried to that degree -wow. Although circling back to the elevator story, even today many hotels don't have a 13th floor. The wax statue thing, so clever and yet, so ... transitory. Then again, more staying power than an ice sculpture.
That's the part I find most compelling about the wax statue is that it's transitory, and it makes one question the bronze or stone monuments we see as being permanent.
At this risk of sounding trite, yes, to your point, permanence is relative. Spurred me to look up Christo, perhaps the master of impermanent art:
https://youtu.be/MwXbf-abVzk?si=DurcYS6HsfMgoEN1