12-APR-2007
the Washington Monument
... and the reflecting pool ... a more perfect union there never was ...
12-APR-2007
Lincoln Memorial
This monument is our nation's front porch; we gather here to memorialize our dead,
to protest injustice, to greet our visitors, to confront our enemies, and...
we gather here for we are social beings...
12-APR-2007
sculpture panel at the WW2 Monument
... in Washington, DC, depicting farmers who contributed to the war effort.
12-APR-2007
World War 2 Monument
... this is a traditional monument; grand in scale and cold and formal in tone. Two small panels of brass sculptures placed along the entrance are the only evidence of human feeling.
12-APR-2007
engraved words
... and my hands ... the touch...
12-APR-2007
touching the names
... at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial; this is a personal monument, human in scale and depth. At this monument it is the touch that connects the generations.
12-APR-2007
fallen hero
... a memorial left for a loved one at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial; I can barely contain myself when I visit this site. The architect was very clever in her placement of the deep gash of black and the endless list of lives lost.
12-APR-2007
spring means apple blossoms
... I don't know if the cherry trees were still blossoming because my feet were too sore to hike to the tidal basin; this is on the National Mall facing the Lincoln Memorial.
12-APR-2007
playing in the steam
... at the Washington Monument ...
12-APR-2007
the capital from the mall
... on a beautiful looking spring day; actually, the wind was cold and the chill was bone deep...
11-APR-2007
making a video
... there's something about a tunnel that inspires a video....
11-APR-2007
going under the bay
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel to the eastern shore of Virginia