I asked Ken Miller of California if he had any pictures of his grandfathers old buildings he used to build, like I do my crazy planetarium structures (long on passion, short on skill) He answered :
Sadly, I'm not sure if there are any pictures at all. There may be one or two, but I'll have to dig through a lot of stuff to see. You never realize what you will treasure down the road, and wish that you had tried to record in some way. I passed by my grandfather's old place a few months ago, and there is nothing but bare ground, and no evidence that anything of value ever existed there. It is the place of a thousand memories, and a wellspring of inspiration. It may be gone, but I can try to do my part to pay it forward by trying to give some of that inspiration to the next generations, just like you are doing.
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Its a good subject. My son has flat out told me when I'm gone these buildings GO, so I'm making it easy for him maybe! A more permanent structure could always been used for some other purpose when we're gone, chances are probably the next generation won't want a planetarium, I think we have to face that don't we? But YES.. Ken's captured that yearning .. that VALUE that so may people lose because its just old stuff .. gather up your old pictures while you can and document them - every time I visit my old daddy in Florida I look for more of them - so many on Facebook etc have NONE. Paying inspiration forward I guess doesn't have to be in exactly the same currency - our children may see our passion in building crazy things chasing dreams, and they may put those principles to work on their OWN dreams, whatever they may be!
Sadly, I'm not sure if there are any pictures at all. There may be one or two, but I'll have to dig through a lot of stuff to see. You never realize what you will treasure down the road, and wish that you had tried to record in some way. I passed by my grandfather's old place a few months ago, and there is nothing but bare ground, and no evidence that anything of value ever existed there. It is the place of a thousand memories, and a wellspring of inspiration. It may be gone, but I can try to do my part to pay it forward by trying to give some of that inspiration to the next generations, just like you are doing.
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Its a good subject. My son has flat out told me when I'm gone these buildings GO, so I'm making it easy for him maybe! A more permanent structure could always been used for some other purpose when we're gone, chances are probably the next generation won't want a planetarium, I think we have to face that don't we? But YES.. Ken's captured that yearning .. that VALUE that so may people lose because its just old stuff .. gather up your old pictures while you can and document them - every time I visit my old daddy in Florida I look for more of them - so many on Facebook etc have NONE. Paying inspiration forward I guess doesn't have to be in exactly the same currency - our children may see our passion in building crazy things chasing dreams, and they may put those principles to work on their OWN dreams, whatever they may be!
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