the dream, mlk memorial, portland, oregon

I write this on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. How can a sculptor memorialize a great person without sinking into cliche or banality?. . .

 

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Read David’s Art Letter essays, The wrong way/the right way: Memorializing Martin Luther King, Jr, and Farmers in the lumber room, featured in Oregon ArtsWatch