Earlier tonight while thumbing through the digital pages of the Huffington Post, I tripped upon this interview, given by Monsieur Petit last night. I laughed...and my eyes welled up again.
2 months ago
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Philippe Petit...
One of my favorite children's books is titled, The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (2003). Mordicai Gerstein both wrote and illustrated this tale of a man traversing between the nearly completed Twin Towers...on a cable wire, on August 7, 1974 at 7:15am. I have read this story aloud to my children many times, and each time my eyes welled up as I turned the last page. In his book, which won the Caldecott Medal in 2004, Gerstein eloquently and artfully reminds readers that the Towers, and by allegory the memory of those who perished with them, live despite their demise...safely nestled and nurtured in the memory of that high-wire tirade.
Earlier tonight while thumbing through the digital pages of the Huffington Post, I tripped upon this interview, given by Monsieur Petit last night. I laughed...and my eyes welled up again.
Earlier tonight while thumbing through the digital pages of the Huffington Post, I tripped upon this interview, given by Monsieur Petit last night. I laughed...and my eyes welled up again.
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2 comments:
Que Cool Nene...I will have to read his book...
The artwork is incredible, and I can lend you my for the inevitable effect of finishing that last page...
Un beso,
KL
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