tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3966360.post4035919257952181317..comments2024-01-26T14:21:13.102-05:00Comments on HG Poetics: Saarinen synchronicityHenry Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06763188178644726622noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3966360.post-58721097377055805082009-11-14T19:59:53.544-05:002009-11-14T19:59:53.544-05:00James, yes - & I think of the Arch as the begi...James, yes - & I think of the Arch as the beginning of an ellipse, a mandorla, half-buried in the ground. Grounded. So the tuning-fork reaches parallel underground, there.<br /><br />Funny you shd mentiont he legs of the arch widening to eternity.... I was thinking of a necklace, earlier today. The catenary formed by the 2 ends of the string (of pearls). That horizontal line from which the catenary depends. Upside down, or reflected, in the case of the Gateway Arch. <br /><br />W.A. Mehroff, in the intro to his book about the arch ("Gateway Arch : Fact & Symbol"), says the book was triggered one day when he saw a rainbow hanging over the arch, 2 parallel curves. (Mehroff's title is an allusion to Trachtenberg's book - "Brooklyn Bridge : Fact & Symbol").<br /><br />So I began thinking about the little rainbow around the throat of an ordinary pigeon, & the necklace of the catenary arc, &...Henry Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06763188178644726622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3966360.post-31203548281711428812009-11-12T21:44:29.880-05:002009-11-12T21:44:29.880-05:00I grew up in St. Louis. The Arch is part of the de...I grew up in St. Louis. The Arch is part of the deep imagery of home for me. Don't tuning fork legs tend to be parallel? The catenary arch legs will widen out to eternity.<br />FinneganJforJameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3966360.post-79198363440224910872009-11-12T09:24:32.935-05:002009-11-12T09:24:32.935-05:00Love that essay, Gabriel! Thanks!Love that essay, Gabriel! Thanks!Henry Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06763188178644726622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3966360.post-33178732004519115302009-11-11T19:46:27.071-05:002009-11-11T19:46:27.071-05:00http://www.stlmag.com/media/St-Louis-Magazine/Dece...http://www.stlmag.com/media/St-Louis-Magazine/December-2006/The-Tuning-Fork-of-St-Louis/Gabrielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17900128372200795817noreply@blogger.com