Lee's Artlog

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2003- The events that occurred on 9/11 changed my life. It made me take stock of how I saw myself, how I portrayed myself, and how I interpreted violence. As a broker, we were encouraged to engage our clients in conversation over the phone and be empathetic to their issues. I worked on 9/11 and watched the images over and over again on TV. I talked to people at ground zero and heard stories and horrible things that I shudder to repeat that scarred me for life. When I heard on CNN later that they were wanting to see our ideas for WTC I felt I needed to submit somethng of my own. Memorial grew out of a dream that I had that was followed up by subsequent sketches. Later I converted it to the image to what you see here in Bryce and submitted it to CNN.
The following is from what was published on CNN with this image:
“This design could either be a monument in a small corner, or … a very large monument with a building encompassed by it. The half globe surrounding it would be open on three sides [and] the fourth side [would be] part of a museum. The building in the middle could stand as either a monument in a smaller plot of land or a full-size commercial entity, if this was to occupy the full space of where the towers used to be. This would not poke too far into the skyline, as lights would adorn the top to shine up into the heavens once again as a gentle reminder and a comforting sign to us all. The metal square around the outside would be outlines of where the old buildings used to stand, and the wall behind it, made of red granite, would hold the names of those who passed or were never found. I was deeply saddened by the events that came to pass on that fateful day. Whether or not any of the ideas that we submit come to fruition, I believe that the heart of what we all contribute is out of the love and compassion that we all show for one another. Thank you for the opportunity that you have provided to us all, to contribute to the healing process of what has been wrought upon us.”