LOS ANGELES I read a manual on memoir writing where the author made the point that for the sake of a coherent story it really doesn’t matter to anyone, least of all to the reader, whether the sofa on which, 40 years ago, you experienced your first kiss at your neighbors’ house was gray or gr.
How Art Shapes Our Lives: Mount Rushmore National Memorial Posted by: Sal Maccarone, M.A. December 24, 2020
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By Sal Maccarone
Mount Rushmore
Due to both the availability, and permanence of the material, carving objects from natural stone is an ancient activity. Going all the way back to Paleolithic times, man has always found ways to fashion stone. After all, we use the term “Stone age” to reference some of our earliest ancestors. Back then most of the carving was done with flint, and obsidian tools, but the skill did eventually evolve into art. Historians, and archaeologists now use a study of this type of evolution to rate a given culture’s advancement as a society.