Imperfect and Incomplete
Disruption can feel final. But it's a chance for renewal.
“We are to go to law never to revenge, but only to repair.” — Samuel Pepys, 1661
I recently wrote about physical monuments and their relative impermanence, our focus being better served on monuments to our relationships.
A Monumental Reckoning
“Si monumentum requiris, circumspice.” — Christopher Wren, 1723 There’s a very human tendency to cling to what’s familiar — to keep up a process or tradition because “we’ve always done it that way.” The notion is so powe…
As I looked again at the image on that entry, I focused not on the monument itself, but on Bowling Green. And that in turn made me think of how resilient we are.
I was in the neighborhood of Bowling Green a couple of times last year, visiting a client and speaking at an event in the Financial District. While I usually find myself staying in Midtown when I’m in Manhattan, this time I was at the tip of the island, and that afforded me an opportunity to indulge my love of history.
Geographically, w…
