When I took the tour back in 2000, I completely missed - or it just didn’t stay with me - the boxy, open-air windows cut out of the far end of the Memorial walls. I think I noticed them this time around because in the last 10 years I’ve started quilting and jewelry making and look for patterns more than before. Nevertheless, they struck me as beautiful yet odd because they seemed neither military or naval images, nor Hawaiian symbols. After the tour I walked over to the information desk to get the inside scoop: They are the artistic interpretation of the tree of life from by Honolulu architect Alfred Preis, the architect of the monument.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Arizona Memorial: The tree of life
When I took the tour back in 2000, I completely missed - or it just didn’t stay with me - the boxy, open-air windows cut out of the far end of the Memorial walls. I think I noticed them this time around because in the last 10 years I’ve started quilting and jewelry making and look for patterns more than before. Nevertheless, they struck me as beautiful yet odd because they seemed neither military or naval images, nor Hawaiian symbols. After the tour I walked over to the information desk to get the inside scoop: They are the artistic interpretation of the tree of life from by Honolulu architect Alfred Preis, the architect of the monument.
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