House in Progress Diary

Maybe it's a Chicago obsession

Hewn and Hammered turned me on to sixosix. It's where I found this graphic novella by Nell Taylor that I could easily relate to.

Maybe it's an obsession with half of us who live in Chicago who try to hang onto what is old and can be made beautiful with a little care, a little tenderness.

Maybe the other half likes the generic, "1967 Communist Russia-like" condo townhomes that are thrown up in ninety days to replace a century-old building.

I can't imagine how that other half lives. Or what they like to read. Or, well, anything. How can you live without dust and imagination and old wood? That's missing all of the fun and soul.

Posted by jeanne on September 13, 2004 at 11:14 PM