Frank by Firelight

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chthonic axis

FIRE

hot

uranic axis

dry

AIR

tending to the hearth

EARTH

wet cold

WATER



FRANK BY FIRELIGHT














AN ARCHITECTURE OF FIRE:



AN ONTOLOGY OF INVENTION:

1. FIRE

(ELEMENTARY)

2. WHEEL

(FORGERY)

3. LOG WITH A HANDLE (ALCHEMY)


-wood becomes commodity -potential energy created by stapling






CHTHONIC UR-BUILDING

Julian Carlton’s anonymously created Facebook profile:

The fire and murders at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin


Classification: Mass murderer Characteristics: His motive for the attack was never explained Number of victims: 7 Date of murders: September 15, 1914 Date of arrest: Same day Date of birth: 1884 Victims profile: Martha “Mamah� Borthwick (mistress of Frank Lloyd Wright) and her children, Martha, 9, and John, 12 / Ernest Weston, 13 (son of carpenter William Weston) / Emil Brodelle, 26 (Milwaukee draughtsman) / David Lindblom, 38 (handyman) / Thomas Brunker, 68 (Taliesin foreman) Method of murder: Fire (gasoline) - Hitting with an axe Location: Iowa County, Wisconsin, USA Status: Died in jail from starvation 7 weeks later, despite medical attention from http://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/carlton-julian.htm


Taliesin I before devastating 1914 events:



Taliesin II rebuilt after 1914 fire:


Taliesin III rebuilt again after electrical fire in 1925:


FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT 1867-1959


Frank Lloyd Wright and family, carnival at Taliesin III



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