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sounds_sound  ·  1522 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Frank Lloyd Wright's Midway Gardens

Thanks for finishing my thought. I was interrupted in the middle of writing my comment but I guess hubski automatically 'contributes' it after a while? That's an unfortunate feature.

You've got a good point. I always read it as both, 'what attention to detail AND what an asshole'.





kleinbl00  ·  1522 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've learned in Hollywood that the people you see over and over and over again tend to be easy to work with. The ones with a meteoric rise and abrupt fall are assholes. Or, not necessarily assholes, but not willing to victimize themselves for their art at which point the conventional wisdom becomes "they're assholes."

By all accounts, Frank Lloyd Wright was an asshole. And I honestly wonder what our world would look like if he wasn't. Imagine if that kind of talent was easy to work with.

Fuckin' 80 years later and the Usonian plans are still locked down. But you can pay Lindal, sort of.