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I do not expect readers to take time out of their day to listen to this interview, but I wanted to dedicate some space to it. Nevermind the contrasting but thoughtful energy between the interviewer and interviewee, I feel as though I'm hearing my younger self, especially at the 20-minute mark when they discuss landscape architecture. I wish, however, he spent more time talking about his anthropology background. Anyway, some things just don't change, and yet, it is insanely rare for me to identify with another in my chosen career.

🔊 Listen Now: Sustainability and Stewardship – A Conversation with Brent “Fig” Figlestahler Cultivating Place from North State Public Radio on NPR One | 1:04:32

Yes, but the title doesn't give credit where credit is due to landscape architect Lawrence Halprin. Thankfully, his leadership is given a worthy explanation in the article.

Donlyn Lyndon, Last Surviving Creator of the Sea Ranch, Dies at 90 With his classmates Charles Moore, William Turnbull Jr. and Richard Whitaker, he designed an icon of modern architecture on a windswept bluff in Northern California.

I always knew that the sculptures on Gothic cathedrals represented local figures not just religious icons. What I did not expect is the same purpose and representation on a modern (and still unfinished) project, although I do need to remind myself of Familia de Sagrada in Barcelona. History is never far away.

Up on 112th and Amsterdam NYC there’s a cathedral of which my dad spent 13 years carving the front doorway.