https://www.911digitalarchive.org/files/original/8ad5c193b6dc68f4c7ba970c31774e5a.jpg 8e6ceaa9ab303300952f136bf9126c1e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive, User-Generated Art Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2020.jpeg Description An account of the resource This image is a composite of two drawings I made years ago, one when I was in my teens, and the other during my early years in college. The vehicles are space ships, but in the realm of literature, a starship pretty much serves as an analogy for a jetliner. At the time the drawings were made, I considered the images to be pure science fiction. To be sure, they were inspired by the WW-II bomber that crashed into the Empire State Building, with the big difference being that the Empire State survived the crash. I didn't quite anticipate that the total destruction shown in the drawings would become reality, though I knew there was some possibility something like this might happen in the far future. Not the near future. At the two times that I drew these images, I was working on a series of drawings aimed at evoking a maximum sense of drama. I guess that my stumbling across such a tragic idea as teetering high-rises at a young age suggests that skyscrapers were/are an obvious target for those who are seeking maximum terror. As much as I don't want to believe this to be true, I don't think it can be denied. Finally, in the drawings, we see the buildings falling over like giant trees. This is a reflection of the idea that skyscrapers are fixed and rigid entities that have a nearly immutable sense of permanence (even as they are being destroyed in the drawings). The reality, the fluid fall of the World Trade Center towers, was quite different. If I were to ever work on a drawing such as these again--an effort I doubt that I will ever undertake--the final image would look quite a bit different, with the building crumbling downward in a very fluid, organic manner as it begins to list. Something I learned from the 9/11 tragedy. I don't think I will ever look at a skyscraper as a rigid, permanent thing again. 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. unknown Media Type The media type of this item. still image Original Name The original name of this item. FallingHighRisesComposite.jpg Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. yes Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-05-28 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 172.167.195.252