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September 19, 2005
Crescent of Embrace
(Quick note: I'm not totally sure which category to put this in, but I'll leave it here for now)
Sissy has an entire category about the "Crescent of Embrace" memorial slated for Flight 93. At this point, I tend to agree with everything she says, which is a far cry from where I was when the news first came out.
Few bullet points:
- It is not a crescent, with tapered points and a thicker center
- The name, while unfortunate, seems to have been an overlooked slipup - Arc of Embrace would have been a better choice, as well as rolling off the tongue better
- The color will change with the season, being red/orange only in the fall for a short couple of months (the trees haven't started to change in the City yet) before becoming bare
- Landscape architechture is difficult to represent using only one topological model
I'm sure I'll update this through the day as I think of more, but for now I'll just give my opinion (the best thing about the blogosphere).
When the news first came out, I was outraged with most of the blogosphere. Then Sissy's first entry on the subject came up. While reading it, I realized that I was misreading the models that had been posted. Having done some landscape art installation in high school, I knew how misleading topological maps can be, especially if you look at them from the wrong angle.
I have continued to read her entries on the subject, and find myself more and more in agreement with her. There is little I would add, except that it is not too late to change the name. "Arc of Embrace" would better suit a memorial than "Crescent" even if one is not taking into account the Islamisism of the word. When one thinks of a memorial or a tribute, one thinks of the Arc de Triomphe, rather than a moon or crescent.
For the first time, I disagreed with the Cox and Forkum cartoon. Their "Crescent of Embrace" annoyed me more than most of the other alarmist bits throughout the blogosphere. I'm not sure why, but maybe it had to do with the visual aspect.
In any case, I think the blogosphere should pull it's head out of it's collective ass and realize that the name is the only bothersome thing about this memorial. For once, admit that one of your own, whom you disagree with on this point, is right, and you are wrong.
Posted by Kat at September 19, 2005 10:49 AM
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What a breath of fresh air, as you can imagine. It was getting pretty lonely out here. Thanks. :)
Posted by: Sissy Willis at September 19, 2005 03:57 PM
Credit it to your writing style. It's a wonderful thing to be able to read a full analysis of a situation from the point of view of someone who has read as much as you have. Rarely does one find that in the blogosphere.
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