[Ipg-smz] Notre Dame burns

[Tom Henderson]

At Versailles, there are large number of oak trees whose exact purpose 
has been to be replacements for Notre Dame, just like the planning at 
Oxford for the groves of oaks to be used as replacements there.

Notre Dame has been "sacked" before, although nothing like this.

Here, where I live in Bloomington, there are many stone masons in the 
quarries of limestone that ripple through S Indiana. Artisans will be 
waiting for the call to head to Isle-de-France to work there. I'm 
thinking that the privilege of working on such a restoration will 
inspire many.

No, it won't be the same, but it will be enduring. Will I see the 
results in my lifetime? Perhaps not.

Long ago, I worked pulling fiber cable through a military academy in N 
Indiana; we made an FDDI ring through their ancient underground tunnels. 
Nasty work, but they leapfrogged from no network to essentially 
state-of-the-art. In their offices and campus. An entry was made 
regarding all of the engineering plans we executed into a large 
leather-bound book. It's their 100 Year Plan, Volume II. We in the US no 
longer think like that very often.

Tom


On 4/16/19 9:32 AM, Rob Reilly wrote:
>
> Richard,
>
> It hit me a lot more strongly than I thought, as well. All of that 
> coolness and history. On a good note, being in the "invention" 
> business, I see countless examples of artistry, craft and devotion, 
> certainly mirroring the masters from way back when. Although it may 
> not be the original, I know there are people capable of restoring it, 
> with the same expertise and pride of workmanship. The spirit is eternal.
>
> drtorq
>
> On 4/16/19 8:22 AM, Richard Santalesa wrote:
>>
>> A terrible loss and tragedy. I was surprised at how strongly it hit 
>> me watching the news yesterday about it.  I’ve heard since that 
>> Macron has pledged to rebuild and two “wealthy French families” have 
>> pledged $320MM… but I fear we’ve lost the artistry and craft and 
>> devotion that built Notre Dame those centuries ago.
>>
>> *From:*Ipg-smz [mailto:ipg-smz-bounces at netpress.org] *On Behalf Of 
>> *arnieswap at gmail.com
>> *Sent:* Monday, April 15, 2019 7:17 PM
>> *To:* Steven Vaughan Nichols; ipg-smz at netpress.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [Ipg-smz] Notre Dame burns
>>
>> I am not even religious but it's heartbreaking. It's a treasure of 
>> human civilization. Can/Will it be restored? Rebuilt?
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 7:06 PM sjvn <sjvn at vna1.com 
>> <mailto:sjvn at vna1.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Seeing burn breaks my heart both as someone's who religious and who loves art.
>>
>>       
>>
>>     Steven
>>
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